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- And thus I clothe my naked villainy
With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- So may he rest, his faults lie gently on him!
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- His life was gentle; and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN! - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- When we are born, we cry, that we are come
To this great stage of fools. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- Cowards are cruel, but the brave
Love mercy, and delight to save. - John Gay (1685 - 1732)
- She was a phantom of delight
When first she gleam'd upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. - William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)
- Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.
- William Cowper (1731 - 1800)
- Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. - Benjamin Johnson
- Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind,
But leave---oh! leave the light of Hope behind. - Thomas Campbell (1777 - 1844)
- Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
- Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD)
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