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Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare
Greatness
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.
William Shakespeare
Love
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare
Death
Cowards
Taste
Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.
William Shakespeare
Mind
Speech
Men's vows are women's traitors!
William Shakespeare
Men
Women
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.
William Shakespeare
Men
April
December
May
Sky
Wives
Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.
William Shakespeare
Marriage
Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.
William Shakespeare
Husbands
Nothing
Want
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
William Shakespeare
Doubt
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.
William Shakespeare
Love
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
William Shakespeare
Love
Trust
Wrong
Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!
William Shakespeare
Men
Old
Vice
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
William Shakespeare
Fool
Wit
Witty
For I can raise no money by vile means.
William Shakespeare
Money
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.
William Shakespeare
Men
Sea