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Dreams are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fanfasy; which is as thin of substance as the air, and more inconstant than the wind. - [Dreams] Dreams, indeed, are ambition; for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. And I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality, that it is but a shadow's shadow. - [Ambition] Drones suck not eagles' blood, but rob beehives. - [Idleness] Dull, unfeeling, barren ignorance. - [Ignorance] Dumb jewels often, in their silent kind, more than quick words, do move a woman's mind. - [Ornament] Dying like men, though buried in your dunghills, They shall be fam'd; for there the stun shall greet them, And draw their honors reeking up to heaven; Leaving their earthly parts to choke your clime. - [War] Each present joy or sorrow seems the chief. - [Present] Emulation hath a thousand sons, that one by one pursue; if you give way, or edge aside from the direct forthright, like to an entered tide, they all rush by, and leave you hindmost. - [Emulation] England is safe, if true within itself. - [England] England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of watery Neptune. - [England] Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber. - [Sleep] Equality of two domestic powers Breeds scrupulous faction. - [Equality] Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor. - [Thankfulness] Every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity. - [Liberty] Every man has business and desire, such as it is. - [Business] Every one can master a grief but he that has it. - [Grief] Every one fault seeming monstrous till his fellow-fault came to match it. - [Faults] Every true man's apparel fits your thief. - [Theft] Every why hath a wherefore. - [Reason] Every wretch, pining and pale before Beholding him, plucks comfort from his looks: A largess universal, like the sun, His liberal eye doth give to every one, Thawing cold fear. - [Popularity] Excusing of a fault Doth make the fault worse by the excuse. - [Faults] Expectation whirls me round. The imaginary relish is so sweet That it enchants my sense. - [Expectation] Experience is a jewel, and it had need be so, for it is often purchased at an infinite rate. - [Experience] Experience is by industry achieved, And perfected by the swift course of time. - [Experience] Experience teacheth us That resolution 's a sole help at need: And this, my lord, our honour teacheth us, That we be bold in every enterprise: Then since there is no way, but fight or die, Be resolute, my lord, for victory. - [Resolution] Displaying page 12 of 187 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 [12] 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187
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