No legacy is so rich as honesty.
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All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Once I sat upon a promontory,
And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back,
Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath,
That the rude sea grew civil at her song,
And certain stars shot madly from their spheres
To hear the sea-maid's music.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,
Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend
More than cool reason ever comprehends.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
My soul is in the sky.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
The course of true love never did run smooth.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind;And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit From pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
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Invictus by William Ernest Henley
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
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Invictus by William Ernest Henley
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