"Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other side"
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"What e'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time."
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"A happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story"
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"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; for beauty is a witch Against whose charms faith melteth into blood."
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"Die for adultery! No: The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly does lecher in my sight"
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"Sometimes, less is more."
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"Art made tongue-tied by authority."
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"Sweet love! Sweet lines! Sweet life! Here is her hand, the agent of her heart; Here is her oath for love, her honour's pawn"
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"Love asks me no questions, and gives me endless support."
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"And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed."
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"In nature there's no blemish but the mind. None can be called deformed but the unkind."
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"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
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"Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell."
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"Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying!"
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"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't."
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"She's gone. I am abused, and my relief must be to loathe her."
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"Woe, destruction, ruin, and decay; the worst is death and death will have his day."
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"He doth nothing but talk of his horses."
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"Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him: The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And - when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening - nips his root, And then he falls, as I do."
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"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine."
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