At times he regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way. He conceived persons with torn bodies to be peculiarly happy. He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage.
~
The Red Badge of Courage
by
Stephen Crane
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
~
Henry IV, Part Two
by
William Shakespeare
"Married in haste, we may repent at leisure."
~
The Old Bachelor
by
William Congreve
"Necessity's sharp pinch!"
~
King Lear
by
William Shakespeare
"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!"
~
King Lear
by
William Shakespeare
Oh, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive!
~
Marmion
by
Sir Walter Scott
"But for mine own part, it was Greek to me."
~
Julius Caesar
by
William Shakespeare
"Beware the Ides of March."
~
Julius Caesar
by
William Shakespeare
Finish, good lady; the bright day is done,
And we are for the dark.
~
Antony and Cleopatra
by
William Shakespeare
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety.
~
Antony and Cleopatra
by
William Shakespeare