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Folly Quotes by William Shakespeare
- If thou remeber'st not the slightest folly that ever love did make thee run into, thou hast not lov'd
- The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great revenue!
- This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear, slow as the…
- She marking them begins a wailing note And sings extemporally a woeful ditty How love makes young men thrall and old men dote How love…
- We that are true lovers run into strange capers; but as all is mortal in nature, so is all nature in love mortal in folly.
- Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.
- The amity that wisdom knits not, folly may easily untie.
- Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As mans ingratitude Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although…
- He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.
- A fool's bolt is soon shot.
- How sometimes nature will betray its folly, Its tenderness, and make itself a pastime To harder bosoms!
- love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit
- Too much of water hast thou poor Ophelia, and therefore I forbid my tears. But yet it is our trick, let shame say what it…
- This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit: He must observe their mood on…
- Oh, thou did'st then ne'er love so heartily. If thou rememb'rest not the slightest folly That ever love did make thee run inot, Thou has…
- Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.
- If thou remember'st not the slightest folly that ever love did make thee run into, thou hast not loved.
- Mine honesty and I begin to square. The loyalty well held to fools does make Our faith mere folly; yet he that can endure To…
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