"I hold him but a fool that..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
I hold him but a fool that will endanger His body for a girl that loves him not.
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“In friendship, as in love, we are often happier through our ignorance than our knowledge.”
“Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks: Small have continual plodders ever won, Save base authority from others' books.”
“I long To hear the story of your life, which must Take the ear strangely.”
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“With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails, Like kittens playing with their tails.”
“'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.”
“Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly of misspending time.”
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“It is my conviction that no normal man ever fell in love, within the ordinary meaning of the term, after the age of thirty.”
“Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much. Lady, as you are mine, I am yours: I give away myself for you and dote upon the exchange.”
“I'd like to be remembered for being a good, kind, loving, gentle man who attempted to live wisely, and who cared a lot.”