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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare
Greatness
So foul and fair a day I have not seen.
William Shakespeare
Day
Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
William Shakespeare
Adversity
Ugly
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
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Men
Adversity
Let no such man be trusted.
William Shakespeare
Man
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.
William Shakespeare
Life
Honor
Man
Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
William Shakespeare
Life
Man
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
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Life
Nothing
Poor
Shadow
Sound
Walking
Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
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End
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
William Shakespeare
Fault
When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.
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Fools
It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.
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Blood
Will
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.
William Shakespeare
Father
Son
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare
Name
What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.
William Shakespeare
Devil
Enemy
Man
Mankind