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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.

William Shakespeare

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

William Shakespeare

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.

William Shakespeare

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

William Shakespeare

Though she be but little, she is fierce!

William Shakespeare

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Plutarch

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

William Shakespeare

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

William Shakespeare

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

William Shakespeare

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

William Shakespeare