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«'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale»
«Past and to come seems best; things present worst»
«I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Courtesy
| Keywords:
courtesy, custom, entertainment, some other
«For these fellows of infinite tongue that can rhyme themselves into ladies' favors, they do always reason themselves out again»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
favors, fellows, ladies, rhyme
«Fast bind, fast find; A proverb never stale in thrifty mind»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
proverb, stale, stales, staling, thrifty
«Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor: For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; and as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, so honor peereth in the meanest habit»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
darkest, garments, meanest, purses
«Yield not thy neck to fortune's yoke, but let thy dauntless mind still ride in triumph over all mischance.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
dauntless, mischance, neck, yoke, yoked, yokes
«The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Grief
| Keywords:
gallantries, gallantry, towering
«Service is no heritage.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Social service
| Keywords:
heritage
«It is the purpose that makes strong the vow; But vows to every purpose must not hold»
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