"A lean cheek; which you have not:..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
A lean cheek; which you have not: a blue eye, and sunken; which you have not: an unquestionable spirit; which you have not: a beard neglected; which you have not: — but I pardon you for that; for, simply, your having1 in beard is a younger brother's revenue: — Then your hose should be ungarter'd, your bonnet unhanded, your sleeve unbuttoned, your shoe untied, and every thing about you demonstrating a careless desolation.
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“I will through and throughCleanse the foul body of th' infected world,If they will patiently receive my medicine.”
“Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.”
“Look what thy soul holds dear, imagine itTo lie that way thou goest, not whence thou com'st.Suppose the singing birds musicians,The grass whereon thou tread'st the presence strewed,The flowers fair ladies, and thy steps no moreThan a delight measure or a dance;For gnarling sorrow hath less power to biteThe man that mocks at it and sets it light.”
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