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Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.
William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
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We are not ourselves When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind To suffer with the body.
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Who alone suffers suffers most i' th' mind, Leaving free things and happy shows behind But then the mind much sufferance doth o'erskip When grief hath mates, and bearing fellowship.
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Haply a woman's voice may do some good When articles too nicely urged be stood on.
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An habitation giddy and unsure Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart.
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Unless the old adage must be verified, That beggars mounted, run their horse to death.
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One fire burns out another's burning, One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish.
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Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt.
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So are you to my thoughts as food to life, or as sweet seasoned showers are to the ground.
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