It would cost you a groaning to take off my edge.
William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
“Sweets to the sweet.”
“To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them? To...”
“O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else?And shall I couple Hell?”
“I could a tale unfold whose lightest wordWould harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood,Make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheres,Thy knotted and combined locks to part,And each parti...”
“Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear; Where little fears grow great, great love grows there.”
“Tragedy is like a strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.”
“It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in suchan inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, theirabsolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire l...”
“Receive what cheer you may. The night is long that never finds the day.”