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Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.

William Shakespeare
Sweet, Philosophy, Adversity
'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 3, sc. 3, l. 54

Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all.

William Shakespeare
Adversity, Clothes, Vices
William Shakespeare (2011). “Measure for Measure”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

Keep thy friend Under thy own life's key.

William Shakespeare
Real, Real Friends, Keys
William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.228

Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent.

William Shakespeare
Haste, Fame

Nothing can seem foul to those who win.

William Shakespeare
Winning, Foul, Seems

That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimms, and makes it indistinct As water is in water

William Shakespeare
Horse, Water, Racks
'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 4, sc. 12, l. 9

Well-apparel'd April on the heel Of limping Winter treads.

William Shakespeare
Spring, Winter, April
William Shakespeare (1816). “The Works of William Shakspeare...: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentic Copies, and Revised, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.82

There lives within the very flame of love A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it.

William Shakespeare
Breakup, Flames, Snuff
William Shakespeare, Alan Durband (1987). “Hamlet”, p.252, Nelson Thornes

I understand thy kisses, and thou mine, And that's a feeling disputation.

William Shakespeare
Kissing, Romantic Love, Feelings
'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 3, sc. 1, l. [204]

He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack that at the parting all the church did echo.

William Shakespeare
Funny, Kissing, Echoes
1593 Gremio, of Petruccio.TheTaming of the Shrew, act 3, sc.3, l.50-2.

O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint.

William Shakespeare
Art, War, Saint
'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 1, sc. 2, l. [101]

There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old.

William Shakespeare
War, Men, Good Man
'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 2, sc. 4, l. [146]

A man can die but once.

William Shakespeare
War, Men, Medieval War
'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 3, sc. 2, l. [253].

Go, bid the soldiers shoot.

William Shakespeare
War, Soldier
'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 2, l. [417]

Upon his royal face there is no note how dread an army hath enrounded him.

William Shakespeare
War, Army, Faces
William Shakespeare (1998). “Henry V”, p.205, Oxford University Press, USA

Here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it.

William Shakespeare
Kings, War, Sorrow
William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes”, p.73

To whom God will, there be the victory.

William Shakespeare
War, Victory, Gods Will
William Shakespeare (1823). “The Plays of William Shakspeare”, p.239

Come the three corners of the world in arms, and we shall shock them.

William Shakespeare
War, Three, World
'King John' (1591-8) act 5, sc. 7, l. 112

Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft let by the nose with gold.

William Shakespeare
Liberty, Gold, Noses

Violent fires soon burn out themselves, small showers last long, but sudden storms are short; he tires betimes that spurs too fast.

William Shakespeare
Fire, Long, Storm
'Richard II' (1595) act 2, sc. 1, l. 31

A grandma's name is little less in love than is the doting title of a mother.

William Shakespeare
Mother, Grandma, Names
William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, from the Text of Johnson, Stevens and Reed. With Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius and Writings, by N. Rowe”, p.590

O polished perturbation! golden care! That keep'st the ports of slumber open wide To many a watchful night.

William Shakespeare
Night, Insomnia, Slumber
'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 4, sc. 5, l. 22

And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd

William Shakespeare
Children, Love You, Choices
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.128

We cannot fight for love, as men may do; we shou'd be woo'd, and were not made to woo

William Shakespeare
Love You, Fighting, Men
William Shakespeare (1771). “The works of Shakespear [ed. by H. Blair], in which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton and Dodd are pointed out, together with the author's life; a glossary [&c.].”, p.78

So far be distant; and good night, sweet friend: thy love ne'er alter, till they sweet life end

William Shakespeare
Good Night, Sweet, Love You
William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.286, Wordsworth Editions

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