William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
