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- 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
- Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit, and look on death itself.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act II, sc. 3
- O sleep, O gentle sleep, nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, that thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, and steep my senses in forgetfulness.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry IV, Part II, Act III, sc. 1
- Sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrow's eye, steal me awhile from mine own company.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III, sc. 2
- I do know of these that... only are reputed wise for saying nothing.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Merchant of Venice, Act I, sc. 1
- How absolute the knave is! we must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Hamlet, Act V, sc. 1
- I do not speak to thee in drink but in tears, not in pleasure but in passion, not in words only, but in woes also.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry IV, Part I, Act II, sc. 4
- Things are often spoke and seldom meant.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry VI, Part II, Act III, sc. 1
- Against self-slaughter there is a prohibition so divine that cravens my weak hand.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Cymbeline, Act III, sc. 4
- A birthday wish granted 23 years late is still a birthday wish granted.
- Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 08-02-11
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