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"He is half of a blessed man. Left to be finished by such as she; and she a fair divided excellence, whose fullness of perfection lies in him."

Shakespeare, William on women
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"If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?"

Shakespeare, William on revenge
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"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man."

Shakespeare, William on beards
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"Get thee glass eyes, and like a scurvy politician, seem to see the things thou dost not."

Shakespeare, William on politics
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"There have been many great men that have flattered the people who never loved them."

Shakespeare, William on politics    Share

"A politician is one that would circumvent God."

Shakespeare, William on politics
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"O world, how apt the poor are to be proud!"

Shakespeare, William on poverty and the poor    Share

"There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself."

Shakespeare, William on praise    Share

"In delay there lies no plenty."

Shakespeare, William on procrastination
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"Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, raze out the written troubles of the brain, and with some sweet oblivious antidote cleanse the fraught bosom of that perilous stuff which weighs upon the heart?"

Shakespeare, William on psychiatry    Share

"Every why has a wherefore."

Shakespeare, William on purpose
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"Fear no more the heat o the sun, nor the furious winter's rages. Thou thy worldly task hast done, home art gone and taken thy wages."

Shakespeare, William on retirement    Share

"Our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything."

Shakespeare, William on retirement    Share

"These earthly godfathers of Heaven's lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights than those that walk and know not what they are."

Shakespeare, William on astronomy
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"O, had I but followed the arts!"

Shakespeare, William on art    Share

"'Tis the mind that makes the body rich."

Shakespeare, William on mind
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"We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them."

Shakespeare, William on modesty
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"Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?"

Shakespeare, William on moralists    Share

"If music be the food of love; play on."

Shakespeare, William on music
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"Nature must obey necessity. [Julius Caesar]"

Shakespeare, William on necessity
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"Pain pays the income of each precious thing."

Shakespeare, William on pain
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"Who can be patient in extremes? [Henry Vi]"

Shakespeare, William on patience
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"The object of art is to give life a shape. [Midsummer Nights Dream]"

Shakespeare, William on art
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"If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work."

Shakespeare, William on plays    Share

"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies."

Shakespeare, William on philosophers and philosophy
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"A peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience."

Shakespeare, William on peace    Share

"How poor are they that have not patience. What wound did ever heal but by degrees?"

Shakespeare, William on patience
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"We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it."

Lennon, John on love
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"Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear."

Lennon, John on love
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"Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration."

Lawrence, D. H. on love
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"Whether life is worth living depends on whether there is love in life."

Laing, R. D. on love
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"If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him."

Howe, Edgar Watson on love
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"Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell on love
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"Love is like pi -- natural, irrational, and very important."

Hoffman, Lisa on love
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"Love is like a fruit. It may look good, but you shouldn't bite in it until it's ripe."

Hertl, Nick on love
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"Only the really plain people know about love --the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they very soon exhaust their talents."

Hepburn, Katharine on love
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"If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?"

Levine, Stephen on love
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"It is a beautiful trait in the lovers character, that they think no evil of the object loved."

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth on love
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"Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return."

Pilgrim, Peace on love
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