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    Nature herself was proud of his designs,
    And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!
    Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit,
    As since, she will vouchsafe no other wit.

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A woman moved is like a fountain troubled,— Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act read more

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For ever and a day. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.

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And my large kingdom for a little grave, A little little grave, an obscure grave. -King Richard II. Act iii. read more

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And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint read more

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Even at the turning o' the tide. -King Henry V. Act ii. Sc. 3.

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Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act i. read more

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The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree. -The Merchant of read more

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I would the gods had made thee poetical. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.

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Shall I never see a bachelor of threescore again? -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1.

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