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- Let me not live, after my flame lacks oil, to be the snuff of younger spirits.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), All's Well that Ends Well, Act I, sc. 2
- My age is as a lusty winter, frosty, but kindly.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), As You Like It, Act II, sc.3
- Thou hast nor youth nor age, but, as it were, an after-dinner's sleep, dreaming on both.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Measure for Measure, Act III, sc.1
- I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, and falls on the other.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act I, sc. 7
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Blow, blow, thou winter wind! Thou art not so unkind as Man's ingratitude.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), As You Like It, Act II, sc. 7
- When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is a little better than a beast.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Merchant of Venice, Act I, sc. 2
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