Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied read more

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.

It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.

Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.

Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.

Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.

It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of
others.

It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of
others.

He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is
courteous.

He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is
courteous.

The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.

The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.