William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting read more
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting her.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
By that sin fell the angels.
By that sin fell the angels.
