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she shall scant show well that now shows best.
William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
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Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
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The Bard of Avon
William Shakspere
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William Shake‐ſpeare
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Against ill chances men are ever merry, But heaviness foreruns the good event.
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Women being the weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the walls.
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Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
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Yet but three come one more. Two of both kinds make up four. Ere she comes curst and sad. Cupid is a knavish lad. Thus to make poor females mad.
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And oft, my jealousy shapes faults that are not.
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For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.
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The villany you teach me I shall execute and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.
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All love's pleasure shall not match its woe.
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Happy are they that hear their detractions, and can put them to mending.
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A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry But were we burdened with light weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain.
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When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know she lies.
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Season your admiration for a while.
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Let me be boiled to death with melancholy.
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And either victory, or else a grave.
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How easy it is for the proper-false in woman's waxen hearts to set their forms!
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A fool's bolt is soon shot.
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I never yet did hear, That the bruis'd heart was pierced through the ear
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