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- As many arrows, loosed several ways, come to one mark... so may a thousand actions, once afoot, end in one purpose.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry V, Act I, sc. 2
- Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), As You Like It, Act II, sc.1
- 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
- You shall more command with years than with your weapons.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Othello, Act I, sc. 2
- 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
- Lowliness is young ambition's ladder,
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Julius Caesar, Act II, sc.1
- There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Merchant of Venice, Act III, sc. 2
- 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
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