"But let the frame of things disjoint,..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
But let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer,Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleepIn the affliction of these terrible dreamsThat shake us nightly.
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“Where is your ancient courage? You were used to say extremities was the trier of spirits; That common chances common men could bear; That when the sea was calm all boats alike showed mastership in floating.”
“I will instruct my sorrows to be proud; for grief is proud, and makes his owner stoop.”
“Help, master, help! here's a fish hangs in the net, like a poor man's right in the law; 'twill hardly come out.”
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“As a result of a general defect of nature, we are either more confident or more fearful of unusual and unknown things.”
“We fear our neighbor's hostile mood because we are afraid that this mood will lead him to penetrate our secrets.”
“No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.”