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

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The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

I thank God I am not a woman, to be touched with so many giddy...

I thank God I am not a woman, to be touched with so many giddy...

Lord, what fools these mortals be.

Lord, what fools these mortals be.

For mine own part, it was Greek to me

For mine own part, it was Greek to me

Service is no heritage.

Service is no heritage.

Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

Speak low, if you speak love.

Speak low, if you speak love.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

What is past is prologue.

What is past is prologue.

Framed to make women false.

Framed to make women false.

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling...

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling...

Now boast thee, death, in thy possession lies A lass unparalleled.

Now boast thee, death, in thy possession lies A lass unparalleled.

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...

Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange...

Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange...

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

I dote on his very absence.

I dote on his very absence.