William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
