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- Do not banish reason for inequality; but let your reason serve to make the truth appear where it seems hid, and hide the false seems true.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Measure for Measure, Act V, sc. 1
- Many that are not mad have, sure, more lack of reason.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Measure for Measure, Act V, sc. 1
- Oh, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Othello, Act II, sc. 3
- Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Othello, Act III, sc. 3
- The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation; that away, men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Richard II, Act I, sc. I
- Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Othello, Act II, sc. 3
- Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, the death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, chief nourisher in life's feast.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act II, sc. 2
- O sleep, thou ape of death, lie dull upon her and be her sense but as a monument, thus in a chapel lying.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Cymbeline, Act II, sc. 2
- A great perturbation in nature, to receive at once the benefit of sleep and do the effects of watching!
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act V, sc. 1
- Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit, and look on death itself.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act II, sc. 3
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