Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.
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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.
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Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.
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Though she be but little, she is fierce!
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Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
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Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
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What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty!
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You were not made to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
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Beyond the sphere that widest orbit swings, passes the sigh that leaves my heart below.
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Love is blind, and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit.
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In times of peace, prepare for war.
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