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- There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Merchant of Venice, Act III, sc. 2
- Was ever book containing such vile matter so fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell in such a gorgeous palace!
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Romeo and Juliet, Act III, sc. 2
- Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act I, sc. 1
- He takes false shadows for true substances.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Titus Andronicus, Act III, sc. 2
- Gardener, for telling me these news of woe, pray God the plants thou graft'st may never grow.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Richard II, Act III, sc. 4
- Though it be honest, it is never good to bring bad news: give to a gracious message an host of tongues; but let ill tidings tell themselves when they be felt.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, sc.5
- Look on beauty, and you shall see 'tis purchased by the weight.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Merchant of Venice, Act III, sc. 2
- Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good;
A shining gloss that vadeth suddenly; A flower that dies when first it 'gins to bud; A brittle glass that's broken presently: A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, vaded, broken, dead within the hour. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Passionate Pilgrim
- Show me a mistress that is passing fair, what doth her beauty serve but as a note where I may read who pass'd that passing fair?
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Romeo and Juliet, Act I, sc. 1
- Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), As You Like It, Act I, sc.3
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