"O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable."
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
To sleep! perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come.
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
As the gambler said of his dice, to love and win is the best thing, to love and lose is the next best.
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The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray
It is best to love wisely, no doubt: but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
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The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray
There's a divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough-hew them how we will.
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions!
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
I must be cruel, only to be kind:
Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
'Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
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