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It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
- William Shakespeare
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To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
- William Shakespeare 
This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
What's done is done.
- William Shakespeare
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
- William Shakespeare
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.
- William Shakespeare
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
- William Shakespeare
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
- William Shakespeare
There is nothing either good or bad,
but thinking makes it so.
- William Shakespeare
To thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
Discretion is the better part of valor.
(originally "The better part of valor is discretion")
- William Shakespeare
Be true to thyself.
- William Shakespeare
(paraphrase of Shakespeare's famous quote)
This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
- William Shakespeare
The golden age is before us, not behind us.
- William Shakespeare
Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
- William Shakespeare
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster which
doth mock the meat it feeds on.
- William Shakespeare
When a father gives to his son, both laugh;
when a son gives to his father, both cry.
- William Shakespeare
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
- William Shakespeare
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
- William Shakespeare
The course of true love never did run smooth.
- William Shakespeare
In time we hate that which we often fear.
- William Shakespeare
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
- William Shakespeare
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
- William Shakespeare
When I saw you I fell in love,
and you smiled because you knew.
- commonly but falsely attributed to William Shakespeare
Love sought is good,
but given unsought is better.
- William Shakespeare
Love is blind.
- William Shakespeare
The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
- William Shakespeare
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
by any other name would smell as sweet
- William Shakespeare
All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold
but my outside to behold.
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
- William Shakespeare
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench
the fire of love with words.
- William Shakespeare
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt,
finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
sermons in stones, and good in everything.
- William Shakespeare
A peace is of the nature of a conquest;
for then both parties nobly are subdued,
and neither party loser.
- William Shakespeare
Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!
- William Shakespeare
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
- William Shakespeare
As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods;
they kill us for their sport.
- William Shakespeare
Being born is like being kidnapped.
And then sold into slavery.
- William Shakespeare
A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.
- William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.
- William Shakespeare
An overflow of good converts to bad.
- William Shakespeare
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
- William Shakespeare
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new- hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.
- William Shakespeare
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
- William Shakespeare
Absence from those we love is self from self -
a deadly banishment.
- William Shakespeare
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
- William Shakespeare
Boldness be my friend.
- William Shakespeare
As he was valiant, I honour him.
But as he was ambitious, I slew him.
- William Shakespeare
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great,
some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
- William Shakespeare
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
- William Shakespeare
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
- William Shakespeare
Brevity is the soul of wit.
- William Shakespeare
Life is best when I wish neither to hurry the future nor to slow it.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone -
but paradoxically, if we cannot trust,
neither can we find love or joy.
- Walter Anderson
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation
can be trusted to act humanely
or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.
- Bertrand Russell
It is neither wealth nor splendor;
but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor,
nor should life rest on a single hope.
- Epictetus
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable...
Every step toward the goal of justice
requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle;
the tireless exertions and
passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- Lao Tzu
They who can give up essential liberty
to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety.
- Benjamin Franklin
Neither blame or praise yourself.
- Plutarch
The "stories" we choose to tell about our past
are never what a video camera would have recorded.
We can tell a sad story or a happy story,
and neither story is either
more accurate or "better" than the other story.
The difference is that one story causes us to suffer,
while the other brings us joy. I choose joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
True love is a process of co-creation
in which neither feels ownership or superiority.
Jealousy is a highly destructive force
for love and relationships.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
To accuse others for one's own misfortunes
is a sign of want of education.
To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun.
To accuse neither oneself nor others
shows that one's education is complete.
- Epictetus
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone,
"it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."
- Lewis Carroll
No stream rises higher than its source.
Whatever man might build, could never
express or reflect more than he was.
He could record neither more nor less
than he had learned of life.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
I was taught that the way of progress
is neither swift nor easy.
- Marie Curie
Friendship is all about Mutuality,
neither Individuality nor Singularity.
- Aparna Chatterjee
People often say that motivation doesn't last.
Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
- Zig Ziglar
Where there is charity and wisdom,
there is neither fear nor ignorance.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Know that life is most joyful when you
neither attempt to hurry the future nor to slow it.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
Expediency asks the question - is it politic?
Vanity asks the question - is it popular?
But conscience asks the question - is it right?
And there comes a time when one must take a position
that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular;
but one must take it BECAUSE it is right.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Far better is it to dare mighty things,
to win glorious triumphs,
even though chequered by failure,
than to take rank with those poor spirits
who neither enjoy much nor suffer much,
because they live in the grey twilight
that knows not victory or defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt
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