"He was a man, take him for..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.
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“She marking them begins a wailing note And sings extemporally a woeful ditty How love makes young men thrall and old men dote How love is wise in folly, foolish-witty Her heavy anthem still concludes in woe, And still the choir of echoes answer so.”
“Having nothing, nothing can he lose.”
“Who would be so mocked with glory, or to liveBut in a dream of friendship,To have his pomp and all what state compoundsBut only painted, like his varnished friends?”
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“How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'”
“Great is Youth--equally great is Old Age--great are Day and Night.Great is Wealth--great is Poverty--great is Expression-great is Silence.”
“We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness.”
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“He was my equal in beauty, a paragon of grace and charm, sparkling with wit, and burning with love. I adored him to distraction, to the point of idolatry: I loved him as one can never love twice.”
“One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun.”
“I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars.”