When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.

Quote by Shakespeare

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Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste

Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste

Done to death by slanderous tongues.

Done to death by slanderous tongues.

Vini, Vici, Vidi (I came, I saw, I conquered). - Julius Caesar

Vini, Vici, Vidi (I came, I saw, I conquered). - Julius Caesar

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine

Speak me fair in death.

Speak me fair in death.

In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter

In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter

We came into the world like brother and brother; And now let's go hand in...

We came into the world like brother and brother; And now let's go hand in...

Love looks not with eyes, but with the mind.

Love looks not with eyes, but with the mind.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion.

The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion.

There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.

There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.

The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief

The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief

Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.

Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

Let no such man be trusted.

Let no such man be trusted.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.