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- Frame your mind to mirth and merriment, which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Taming of the Shrew, Introduction, sc. 2
- O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Othello, Act III, sc. 3
- Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Othello, Act III, sc. 3
- A little more than kin, and less than kind.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Hamlet, Act I, sc. 2
- How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), King Lear, Act I, sc. 4
- The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Measure for Measure, Act II, sc. 2
- We must not make a scarecrow of the law, setting it up to fear the birds of prey, and let it keep one shape, till custom make it their perch and not their terror.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Measure for Measure, Act II, sc. 1
- Do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Taming of the Shrew, Act I, sc. 2
- Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos.
- Diane Ackerman, One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, A Marriage, and the Language of Healing, 2011
- Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points. They're never total fits or misfits.
- Diane Ackerman, One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, A Marriage, and the Language of Healing, 2011
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