William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
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Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
