When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

Quote by Shakespeare

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The weariest and most loathed worldly life, that age, ache, penury and imprisonment can lay...

The weariest and most loathed worldly life, that age, ache, penury and imprisonment can lay...

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their...

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their...

The more I give to thee, the more I have.

The more I give to thee, the more I have.

The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven...

The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven...

Ay me! for aught that ever I could read, could ever hear by tale or...

Ay me! for aught that ever I could read, could ever hear by tale or...

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

All days are nights to see till I see thee, and nights bright days when...

All days are nights to see till I see thee, and nights bright days when...

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief: He robs himself that spends a...

The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief: He robs himself that spends a...

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn

The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

The evil is not that you cannot change human nature. The evil is that human...

The evil is not that you cannot change human nature. The evil is that human...

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that...

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that...

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.