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This volume brings together a selection of Shakespeare's plays and poems, showcasing his enduring influence on English literature. It includes classic works such as 'Hamlet,' 'Romeo and Juliet,' and 'Macbeth,' as well as various sonnets and narrative poems. The collection offers readers a chance to explore the depth and complexity of Shakespeare's writing, highlighting his mastery of language and storytelling.
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“Be collected.
No more amazement. Tell your piteous heart
There's no harm done.”
Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
“They may seize
On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand
And steal immortal blessing from her lips,
Who, even in pure and vestal modesty,
Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.”
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“And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.”
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“Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.”
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“Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.”
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“I bear a charmed life.”
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“Take it in what sense thou wilt.”
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“And it is very much lamented,... That you have no such mirrors as will turn Your hidden worthiness into your eye That you might see your shadow.”
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“He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man. He that is more than a youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, I am not for him.”
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“To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.”
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“Look, how this ring encompasseth thy finger, Even so thy breast encloseth my poor heart; Wear both of them, for both of them are thine.”
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“He that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in thy need: If thou sorrow, he will weep; If thou wake, he cannot sleep: Thus of every grief in heart He with thee does bear a part. These are certain signs to know Faithful friend from flattering foe.”
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“He is the half part of a blessed man, Left to be finished by such as she; And she a fair divided excellence, Whose fullness of perfection lies in him.”
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“Two households, both alike in dignity In fair Verona, where we lay our scene From ancient grudge break to new mutiny Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife.”
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“My affection hath an unknown bottom, like the Bay of Portugal.”
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“A beggar's book outworths a noble's blood.”
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“While he was drunk asleep, or in his rage, or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed.”
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“Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. Nor hath Love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.”
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“Virtue is chok'd with foul ambition”
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“What showers arise, blown with the windy tempest of my heart”
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“For which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?”
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“I have unclasp'd to thee the book even of my secret soul.”
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“How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath To say to me that thou art out of breath?”
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“These times of woe afford no time to woo.”
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“The Brightness of her cheek would shame those stars as daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven would through the airy region stream so bright that birds would sing, and think it were not night.”
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“The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.”
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“Bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible.”
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“As you from crimes would pardon'd be, Let your indulgence set me free.”
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“Short summers lightly have a forward spring.”
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“The poorest service is repaid with thanks.”
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“Wrong hath but wrong, and blame the due of blame.”
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“Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.”
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“Master, go on, and I will follow thee To the last gasp with truth and loyalty.”
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“Love's not love When it is mingled with regards that stand Aloof from th' entire point.”
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“So many horrid Ghosts.”
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“Tis in my memory lock'd, And you yourself shall keep the key of it.”
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“And some that smile have in their hearts, I fear, millions of mischiefs.”
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“Fondling,' she saith, 'since I have hemm'd thee here Within the circuit of this ivory pale, I'll be a park, and thou shalt be my deer; Feed where thou wilt, on mountain or in dale: Graze on my lips, and if those hills be dry, Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.”
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“I will be brief. Your noble son is mad.”
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“This cold night will turn us all to fools and madmen.”
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“Can I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out.”
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“Can I go forward when my heart is here?”
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“There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple. If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with't”
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“No deeper wrinkles yet? Hath sorrow struck So many blows upon this face of mine And made no deeper wounds?”
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“Ruin has taught me to ruminate,
That Time will come and take my love away.
This thought is as a death, which cannot choose
But weep to have that which it fears to lose.”
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“Time be thine,
And thy best graces spend it at thy will.”
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“Grace and remembrance be to you both.”
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“A heaven on earth I have won by wooing thee.”
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“My heart is ever at your service.”
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“It is not night when I do see your face.”
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