“Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of expectation. Performance is ever duller for his act; and, but in the plainer and simpler kind of people, the deed of saying is quite out of use. To promise is most courtly and fashionable; performance is a kind of will or testament which argues a great sickness in his judgment that makes it.”
Quote by William Shakespeare
Book:Tragedies. Poems
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Tragedies. Poems
This volume compiles a selection of poems that delve into the human experience of tragedy, capturing the depth and complexity of loss, despair, and emotional turmoil. more
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