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This many headed monster.

This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

You may boldly say, you did not plough Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.

What can innocence hope for, When such as sit her judges are corrupted!

Ill news, madam, Are swallow-winged, but what's good Walks on crutches.

For evil news rides post, while good news baits.

We, that would be known The father of our people, in our study, And vigilance for their safety, must not change Their ploughshares into swords, and force them from The secure shade of their own vines, to be Scorched with the flames of war.

Out, you impostors! Quack salving, cheating mountebanks! your skill Is to make sound men sick, and sick men kill.

I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe The bosom of a friend will hold a secret Mine own could not contain.

Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers Of such as do offend, make less the sin.

He That kills himself to avoid misery, fears it, And, at the best, shows but a bastard valour. This life's a fort committed to my trust, Which I must not yield up, till it be forced: Nor will I. He's not valiant that dares die, But he that boldly bears calamity.

If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation.

What a fine man Hath your tailor made you!

As if thou e'er wert angry But with thy tailor! and yet that poor shred Can bring more to the making up of a man, Than can be hoped from thee; thou art his creature; And did he not, each morning, new create thee, Thou'dst stink and be forgotten.

Get me some French tailor To new-create you.

Yes, if they would thank their maker, And seek no further, but they have new creators, God tailor and god mercer.

How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks, It ravishes all senses.