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> [“If the distinction is not held too rigidly nor pressed too far, it is interesting to think of Shakespeare's chief works as either love dramas or power dramas, or a combination of the two. In his Histories, the poet handles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-clarke-goddard/if-the-distinction-is-not-held-too-rigidly-nor-pressed-too-far-it-is/)

[Harold Clarke Goddard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-clarke-goddard/)

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## More by Harold Clarke Goddard

> [“If the distinction is not held too rigidly nor pressed too far, it is interesting to think of Shakespeare's chief works as either love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-clarke-goddard/if-the-distinction-is-not-held-too-rigidly-nor-pressed-too-far-it-is/)

[Harold Clarke Goddard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-clarke-goddard/)

> [“The imagination is not a faculty for the creation of illusion; it is the faculty by which alone man apprehends reality. The ‘illusion’ turns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-clarke-goddard/the-imagination-is-not-a-faculty-for-the-creation-of-illusion-it-is/)

[Harold Clarke Goddard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-clarke-goddard/)

> [Hamlet is to Macbeth somewhat as the Ghost is to the Witches. Revenge, or ambition, in its inception may have a lofty, even a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-clarke-goddard/hamlet-is-to-macbeth-somewhat-as-the-ghost-is-to-the-witches-revenge/)

[Harold Clarke Goddard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-clarke-goddard/)

> [There is no mystery in a looking glass until someone looks into it. Then, though it remains the same glass, it presents a different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-clarke-goddard/there-is-no-mystery-in-a-looking-glass-until-someone-looks-into-it/)

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> [The destiny of the world is determined less by the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-clarke-goddard/the-destiny-of-the-world-is-determined-less-by-the-battles-that-are/)

[Harold Clarke Goddard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-clarke-goddard/)

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