"I will make thee think thy swan..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
I will make thee think thy swan a crow.
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“And my poor fool is hanged! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, Never, Never, Never, Never! Pray you, undo this button.”
“Muster your wits; stand in your own defence.”
“Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.”
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“The world cannot be successfully fooled for all time.”
“If it be honor in your wars to seem The same you are not,--which, for your best ends, You adopt your policy--how is it less or worse, That it shall hold companionship in peace With honour, as in war: since that to both It stands in like request?”
“Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.”
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“It is curious how much more interest can be evoked by a mixture of gossip, romance and mystery than by facts.”
“People press toward the light not in order to see better but in order to shine better.--We are happy to regard the one before whomwe shine as light.”
“I see through most people; I'm hardly ever wrong. I see at once what they've got in them.”