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Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways.

Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways.

William Shakespeare
Life, Sex, Way
'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 4, sc. 5, l. 124

He is not great who is not greatly good.

William Shakespeare
Life, Good Life, Memorable
William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft (1812). “Aphorisms from Shakespeare”, p.333

Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.

William Shakespeare
Life, Dream, Sleep
'The Tempest' (1611) act 4, sc. 1, l. 148

Ah, what a sign it is of evil life, Where death's approach is seen so terrible!

William Shakespeare
Life, Evil, Terrible
William Shakespeare (1734). “The Second Part of Henry the Sixth: With the Death of the Good Duke Humphry : a Tragedy”, p.55

I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.

William Shakespeare
Life, Men, Thinking
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. 92

I am sure care's an enemy to life.

William Shakespeare
Life, Enemy, Care
William Shakespeare (2016). “Twelfth Night”, p.15, Pan Macmillan

Tis in my memory lock'd, And you yourself shall keep the key of it.

William Shakespeare
Life, Memories, Keys
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.221

O excellent! I love long life better than figs.

William Shakespeare
Life, Long, Excellent
'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 1, sc. 2, l. [34]

There's nothing in this world can make me joy: Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.

William Shakespeare
Life, Sweet, Men
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1790). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: Twelfth-night. Winter's tale. Macbeth. King John”, p.519

But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?

William Shakespeare
Life, Death, Country
'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.

William Shakespeare
Funny, Life, Men
'King John' (1591-8) act 3, sc. 4, l. 108

Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.

William Shakespeare
Life, Hair, White
'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 2, l. [5]

I bear a charmed life, which must not yield To one of woman born.

William Shakespeare
Life, Yield, Bears
Cross, William Shakespeare (1989). “William Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.883, Barnes & Noble Publishing

Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee.

William Shakespeare
Life, Denmark In Hamlet, Hamlet And Ophelia
William Shakespeare (2008). “Hamlet”, p.46, Palgrave Macmillan

And a man's life's no more than to say "One."

William Shakespeare
Life, Men
William Shakespeare (2001). “Hamlet”, p.423, Classic Books Company

O gentlemen, the time of life is short! To spend that shortness basely were too long, If life did ride upon a dial's point, Still ending at the arrival of an hour.

William Shakespeare
Life, Long, Gentleman
1596-7 Hotspur. Henry IV Part One, act 5, sc.2, l.81-4.

The sands are number'd that make up my life; Here must I stay, and here my life must end.

William Shakespeare
Life, Numbers, Sand
William Shakespeare, William Harness, William Gilmore Simms (1842). “The Complete Works of William Shakspeare”, p.501

This day I breathed first: time is come round, And where I did begin there shall I end; My life is run his compass.

William Shakespeare
Life, Running, Firsts
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 5, sc. 3, l. 23

Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.

William Shakespeare
Life, Strong, Wall
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 3, l. 93

That but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'ld jump the life to come.

William Shakespeare
Life, Blow, Lds
'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 1

Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither. Ripeness is all.

William Shakespeare
Life, Death, Men
'King Lear' (1605-6) act 5, sc. 2, l. 9

But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.

William Shakespeare
Life, Flower, Rose
'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 1, sc. 1, l. 67

There are occasions and causes, why and wherefore in all things.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Life, Causes
'Henry V' (1599) act 5, sc. 1, l. [3]

The readiness is all.

William Shakespeare
Life, Inspirational Life, Readiness
'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 2, l. [232]

If fortune torments me, hope contents me.

William Shakespeare
Life, Fortune, Torment
William Shakespeare (2000). “The Histories and Poems of Shakespeare: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.1785, Modern Library

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