William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
