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- And many strokes, though with a little axe,
Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Henry VI Part III", Act 2 scene 1
- Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Henry IV Part II", Act 2 scene 1
- This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Richard II", Act 2 scene 1
- All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts... - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "As You Like It", Act 2 scene 7
- The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'T is mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "The Merchant of Venice", Act 4 scene 1
- Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself And trust no agent. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Much Ado about Nothing", Act 2 scene 1
- Your hearts are mighty, your skins are whole.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "The Merry Wives of Windsor", Act 4 scene 1
- Thou art the Mars of malcontents.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "The Merry Wives of Windsor", Act 1 scene 3
- I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Othello", Act 1 scene 1
- Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince:
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest! - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Hamlet", Act 5 scene 2
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