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The whirligig of time brings in his revenges.

The whirligig of time brings in his revenges.

'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 5, sc. 1, l. [388]

And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely, "It is ten o'clock: Thus we may see," quoth he, "how the world wags."

William Shakespeare, Michael Hattaway (2009). “As You Like It”, p.133, Cambridge University Press

Old fashions please me best; I am not so nice To change true rules for odd inventions.

1593 Bianca to Hortensio.TheTaming of the Shrew, act 3, sc.1, l.78-9.

Old Time the clock-setter.

'King John' (1591-8) act 3, sc. 1, l. 324

Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until his ink were temper'd with Love's sighs.

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.173

What is light, if Sylvia be not seen? What is joy if Sylvia be not by?

William Shakespeare (2011). “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, p.103, Simon and Schuster

Love will not be spurred to what it loathes

William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.110, Oxford University Press

They are in the very wrath of love, and they will go together. Clubs cannot part them

William Shakespeare (1793). “The plays of William Shakspeare: In fifteen volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators. To which are added, notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The fourth edition. Revised and augmented (with a glossarial index) by the editor of Dodsley's collection of old plays”, p.151

What a pretty thing man is when he goes in his doublet and hose and leaves off his wit!

William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The Fourth Edition. Revised and Augmented (with a Glossarial Index) by the Editor of Dodsley's Collection of Old Plays”, p.532

Lovers ever run before the clock

William Shakespeare (1868). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: With a Full and Comprehensive Life of the Poet, a History of the Stage, an Introd. to Each Play, Copious Glossarial and Other Notes and References ...”, p.173

I'll make my heaven in a lady's lap

William Shakespeare, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), Gerard Vandergucht, Hubert François Gravelot (1762). “The Works of Shakespeare: In Eight Volumes : Collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected, with Notes, Explanatory, and Critical”, p.147

These words are razors to my wounded heart.

William Shakespeare, Nikolaus Delius, Charles Symmons (1854). “The complete works of William Shakespeare: The text regulated by the old copies and by the recently discovered folio of 1632, containing early manuscript emendations. With notes, selected and original, a copious and almost new glossary, the poet's life and portrait”, p.612

Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn.

William Shakespeare (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Illustrated)”, p.6655, Delphi Classics