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'Tis much he dares; and, to that dauntless temper of his mind, he hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour to act in safety.


William Shakespeare

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WM SHAKESPEARE He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
GEORGE HERBERT He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.
JAMES GIBBONS HUNEKER Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
GEORGE HERBERT Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each...
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each...
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (w...
BEN JONSON He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have had a very low standard of it in his...
WILLIAM HAZLITT Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, an...
BIBLE If he loses his temper that easily, where he has to kick somebody, then what's gonna happen next tim...
ANITA THOMAS Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep -- he hath awakened from the dream of life -- 'Tis ...
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in th...
BIBLE Sir, he hath not fed of the dainties that are bred in a book; He hath not eat paper, as it were; he ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To ...
JAMES GRAHAM He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To ...
JAMES GRAHAM He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to...
DAVID HUME He doth nothing but talk of his horse. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He that hath a wife and children must not sit with his fingers in his mouth
PROVERB Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance wit...
OSCAR WILDE He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man. -Much Ado ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any...
DAVID HUME Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just; And four times he who gets his fist in fust.
BIBLE Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, and four times he who gets his fist in fust
JOSH BILLINGS He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he be exalted above his neighbors because he hath mor...
JEREMY TAYLOR If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these ...
BIBLE He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake....
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w...
JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It...
COLSON WHITEHEAD He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the...
OMAR SHARIF He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to ...
DAVID HUME And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his pl...
BIBLE He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
GEORGE HERBERT And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald:...
BIBLE He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
JOHN LYLY He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; / As he spake to our fathers, to Abr...
BIBLE He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
GEORGE HERBERT He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all of my substance into that fat belly of his.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE What is honour? a word. What is in that word honour? what is that honour? air. A trim reckoning! Who...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
GEORGE HERBERT He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
GEORGE HERBERT Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he...
MICHAEL DRAYTON But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he g...
BIBLE He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
GEORGE HERBERT He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
GEORGE HERBERT Few of the university pen plaies well, they smell too much of that writer Ovid and that writer Meta...
UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in...
GEORGE HERBERT He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his head.
GEORGE HERBERT Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumb...
BIBLE But doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his ag...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon...
OSCAR WILDE He doth like the ape, that the higher he clymbes the more he shows his ars
FRANCIS BACON SR. His heart and hand both open and both free; For what he has he gives, what thinks he shows; Yet give...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days ...
BIBLE Oft he that doth abide Is cause of his own paine, But he that flieth in good tide Perhap...
UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth...
AKHENATON AKHENATON To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth...
AKHENATON If a man say, 'I love God,' and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his...
JOHN THE APOSTLE That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, If with his tongue he cannot win a woman. -The Two G...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He that tries to recommend (Shakespeare) by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in "Hier...
SAMUEL JOHNSON For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
BIBLE BIBLE For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
BIBLE Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone f...
GEORGE SANTAYANA Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
GEORGE HERBERT He used to hide his true self because he feared people wouldn’t like him, or would judge him for b...
SCOTT STABILE It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true cha...
FRANZ GRILLPARZER No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowle...
KAHLIL GIBRAN Who doth desire that chaste his wife should be, first be he true, for truth doth truth deserve
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY There was a man bespake a think, Which when the owner home did bring, He that made it did refu...
SIR JOHN DAVIES Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories.
NICHOLAS SPARKS He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lea...
BLAISE PASCAL He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
BIBLE He hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book; he hath not eat paper, as it were; he hat...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He obviously put his safety on the line. This was a selfless act on the part of the citizen. We beli...
DAN FERRELLI Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own m...
JOHN CALVIN God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.
JOHANNES TAULER In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his r...
JOHN STUART MILL And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abid...
BIBLE What does a man gain in marriage? nothing his peace he loses it to his wife his temper he has to let...
APURVA GAGLANI What's this that myrrh doth still smell in thy kiss, And that with thee no other odour is? 'Ti...
MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIAL He made his conscience not his guide but his accomplice
BENJAMIN DISRAELI For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
BIBLE An individual who has in his mind that he can accomplish a certain task is far more likely to succee...
DANIEL WILLEY Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all th...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: For as...
BIBLE Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: / For as ...
BIBLE He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
CESARE PAVESE He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity
BEN JONSON He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
BEN JONSON My poor body, madam, requires it: I am driven on by the flesh; and he must needs go that the devil d...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty ve...
BIBLE He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast wit...
C.S. LEWIS 'Tis beauty that doth oft make women proud; but, God He knows, thy share thereof is small.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to...
BLAISE PASCAL He, who dares seek God's presence, will receive His blessings and favours.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless an...
HENRY VAUGHAN Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless an...
HENRY VAUGHAN Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his o...
JOHN CALVIN Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life.
JEREMY THORPE

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Think but this, and all is mended,
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Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE She's gone. I am abused, and my relief must be to loathe her.
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for tre...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sweets grown common lose their dear delight.
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
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When his fair angels would salute by palm,
But for...
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Good-morrow to thee; welcome:
Thou look'st like him that knows a warlike charge:
To business...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If it were done when 'tis done, then t'were well. It were done quickly.
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Get thee glass eyes, and like a scurvy politician, seem to see the things thou dost not.
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE To suckle fools, and chronicle small beer.
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All that live must die, passing through nature to eternity.
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The weariest and most loathed worldly life, that age, ache, penury and imprisonment can lay on natur...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The undiscovered country form whose born no traveler returns. Hamlet
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Knowledge is the wing whereby we fly to Heaven.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Yet do I fear thy nature. It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest wa...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Have you the heart? When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows-- The...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A little more than kin, and less than kind!
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But jealous souls will not be answered so; They are not ever jealous for the cause, But jealou...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock The meat it fee...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I do beseech you-- Though I perchance am vicious in my guess (As I confess it is my nature's p...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If I shall be condemned Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else But what your jealousies awake...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 'Tis mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'Tis not to com...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE My plenteous joys, Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves In drops of sorrow.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Yet 'tis greater skill In a true hate to pray they have their will; The very devils cannot pla...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE How use doth breed a habit in a man! This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods, I better brook t...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The miserable have no other medicine But only hope.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O world, world! thus is the poor agent despised. O traitors and bawds, how earnestly are you set a-w...
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