When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner.

Quote by Shakespeare

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To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids...

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids...

When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of...

When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of...

He is not great who is not greatly good.

He is not great who is not greatly good.

I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness

I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions!

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions!

Is there no way for men to be, but women Must be half-workers?

Is there no way for men to be, but women Must be half-workers?

My heart is ever at your service.

My heart is ever at your service.

He makes a swan-like end, fading in music.

He makes a swan-like end, fading in music.

There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest, For I did dream of money-bags to-night.

There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest, For I did dream of money-bags to-night.

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.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Mine honor is my life; both grow in one; Take honor from me, and my...

Mine honor is my life; both grow in one; Take honor from me, and my...

Lack nothing: be merry.

Lack nothing: be merry.

Fortune, good night; smile once more, turn thy wheel.

Fortune, good night; smile once more, turn thy wheel.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would...

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would...

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

Grief makes one hour ten

Grief makes one hour ten

He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it

He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its...

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its...