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. . . life involves maintaining oneself between contradictions that can't be solved by analysis.


William Empson

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And t...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and t...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE