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«We are gentlemen that neither in our hearts nor outward eyes envy the great nor shall the low despise.»
«The rest is silence.»
«For courage mounteth with occasion»
«Though those that are betray'd Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor Stands in worse case of woe»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
betray, sharply, traitor, treason, woe
«In peace there's nothing so becomes a manAs modest stillness and humility;But when the blast of war blows in our ears,Then imitate the action of the tiger:Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide,Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spiritTo his full height!»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Peace
| Keywords:
blast, blasted, blasting, blows, ears, Ha Ha Ha, humility, imitate, modest, nostril, sinew, sinews, stiffen, stiffened, stiffening, stillness, stretch, summon, summoned, summoning, teeth, the Action, The Tiger, tiger, wide
«Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight, For I never saw true beauty till this night»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
forswear, forswearing, forsworn, this night
«Great floods have flown from simple sources.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Nature
| Keywords:
flooded, flooding, floods, flood in, flown, Great Flood, sources
«At Christmas I no more desire a rose - Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows»
«Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,It seems to me most strange that men should fear;Seeing that death, a necessary end,Will come when it will come.»
«There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
armed, by me, Cassius, honesty, idle, pass by, terror, the threat of, Threats
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