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- Art thou a man? thy form cries out thou art:
Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote The unreasonable fury of a beast: Unseemly woman in a seeming man! Or ill-beseeming beast in seeming both! - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Romeo and Juliet, Act III, sc. 3
- Though men can cover crimes with bold stern looks, poor women's faces are their own faults' books.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Rape of Lucrece
- A woman impudent and mannish grown is not more loathed than an effeminate man in time of action.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Troilus and Cressida, Act III, sc. 3
- Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, sc. 2
- Were such things here as we do speak about? Or have we eaten on the insane root that takes the reason prisoner?
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), King Lear, Act III, sc. 4
- Matter and impertinency mix'd! Reason in madness!
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), King Lear, Act IV, sc. 6
- Matter and impertinency mix'd! Reason in madness!
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), King Lear, Act IV, sc. 6
- Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased,
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow... And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart? - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act V, sc. 3
- Fetter strong madness in a silken thread.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Much Ado About Nothing, Act V, sc. 1
- I will fasten on this sleeve of thine: thou art an elm, my husband, I a vine.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Comedy of Errors, Act II, sc. 2
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