"Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water."
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"Fear no more the heat o' th' sun Nor the furious winters' rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages. Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust."
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"France is a dog-hole, and it no more merits the tread of a man's foot."
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"Lay her i' the earth: And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest, A ministering angel shall my sister be, When thou liest howling. HAMLET. What, the fair Ophelia! QUEEN GERTRUDE. Sweets to the sweet: farewell!"
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"I wonder that you will still be talking. Nobody marks you."
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"But like of each thing that in season grows."
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"Experience is by industry achieved, And perfected by the swift course of time."
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"For sorrow ends not, when it seemeth done."
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"O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast."
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"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall with our English dead."
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"Then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood."
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"Pain pays the income of each precious thing."
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"And where the offense is, let the great axe fall."
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"The venom clamours of a jealous woman poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth."
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"Tell them, that, to ease them of their griefs, Their fear of hostile strokes, their aches, losses, Their pangs of love, with other incident throes That nature's fragile vessel doth sustain In life's uncertain voyage, I will some kindness do them."
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"In brief, sir, study what you most affect."
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"No, no, I am but shadow of myself: You are deceived, my substance is not here."
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"A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing."
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"So distribution should undo excess, and each man have enough."
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"A man cannot make him laugh - but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine."
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