"Can it be That modesty may more betray……" — William Shakespeare
"Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary And pitch our evils there?"
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3,182 Quotes by William Shakespeare
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Come, woo me, woo me, for now I am in a holiday humor, and like enough to consent.
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Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.
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Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.
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People usually are the happiest at home.
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In delay there lies no plenty.
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Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary.
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Grief makes one hour ten.
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Were kisses all the joys in bed, One woman would another wed.
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I understand thy kisses, and thou mine, And that's a feeling disputation.
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He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack that at the parting…
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O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint.
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There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old.
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I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.
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Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.
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I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you…
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To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.
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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.
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Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they…
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By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.
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