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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
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Ambition, the soldier's virtue, rather makes choice of loss, than gain which darkens him.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Antony and Cleopatra, Act III, sc.1
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Ornament is but the guiled shore to a most dangerous sea.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Merchant of Venice, Act III, sc. 2
I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, Who art as black as hell, as dark as night.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Sonnet CXLVII
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
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
Look on beauty, and you shall see 'tis purchased by the weight.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Merchant of Venice, Act III, sc. 2
Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good; A shining gloss that vadeth suddenly; A flower that dies when first it 'gins to bud; A brittle glass that's broken presently: A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, vaded, broken, dead within the hour.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Passionate Pilgrim
Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it?: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Measure for Measure, Act II, sc. 2

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