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Justice
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The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may have in the sworn twelve a thief or two guiltier than him they try.
-William Shakespeare
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Time is the justice that examines all offenders. As You Like It
-William Shakespeare
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Kindness
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O how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes favors! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, that sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, more pangs and fears than wars or women have, and when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, never to hope again.
-William Shakespeare
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Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.
-William Shakespeare
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Kisses
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He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack that at the parting all the church did echo.
-William Shakespeare
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Knowledge
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Own more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest.
-William Shakespeare
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Sweets grown common lose their dear delight.
-William Shakespeare
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Language
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It was Greek to me.
-William Shakespeare
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Last Words
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Come, let's have one other gaudy night. Call to me. All my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more. Let's mock the midnight bell.
-William Shakespeare
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Laughter
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Present mirth hath present laughter. What's to come is still unsure.
-William Shakespeare
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Law
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The first thing we do, lets kill the lawyers. Henry Iv
-William Shakespeare
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Libraries
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My library was dukedom large enough.
-William Shakespeare
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Life
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Simply the thing I am shall make me live.
-William Shakespeare
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
-William Shakespeare
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Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
-William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V Scene V
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All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.
-William Shakespeare, As You Like It
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If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear...
date is its entry into the Stationer's Register
-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Epilogue, October 8, 1600
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Listening
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Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Hamlet
-William Shakespeare
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Literary
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Angels and ministers of grace defend us.
Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned,
Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked, or charitable,
Thou com'st in such a questionable shape,
That I will speak to thee.
-William Shakespeare, Hamlet
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As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods;
They kill us for their sport.
-William Shakespeare, King Lear
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O, thou hast damnable iteration, and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. Thou hast done much harm upon me, Hal; God forgive thee for it! Before I knew thee, Hal, I knew nothing; and now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked. I must give over this life, and I will give it over; by the Lord, an I do not, I am a villain: I'll be damn'd for never a king's son in Christendom.
Falstaff speaking to Prince Henry
-William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, act I, sc ii
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Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety: other women cloy
The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry
Where most she satisfies.
-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
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Loss
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Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
-William Shakespeare
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Love
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Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
-William Shakespeare
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When love begins to sicken and decay it uses an enforced ceremony. Julius Caesar
-William Shakespeare
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