William Shakespeare ( 10 of 368 )
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!
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
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.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
