"I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that……" — William Shakespeare
"I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth. My high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me."
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William Shakespeare
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3,182 Quotes by William Shakespeare
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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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