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- And many strokes, though with a little axe,
Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Henry VI Part III", Act 2 scene 1
- Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Henry V", Act 3 scene 1
- Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Henry IV Part II", Act 2 scene 1
- This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Richard II", Act 2 scene 1
- This England never did, nor never shall,
Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King John", Act 5 scene 7
- Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King John", Act 3 scene 4
- What's gone and what's past help
Should be past grief. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "The Winter's Tale", Act 3 scene 2
- Praising what is lost
Makes the remembrance dear. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "All's Well that Ends Well", Act 5 scene 3
- No legacy is so rich as honesty.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "All's Well that Ends Well", Act 3 scene 5
- The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "As You Like It", Act 5 scene 1
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