“The attempt and not the deed confounds us.”
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William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays,[c] 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He has invented over 1700 words some of which are common. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare Looking for the '[First Folio](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362289W/Plays)'?
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“The attempt and not the deed confounds us.”
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“The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.”
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“Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.”
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“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.”
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“I must be cruel, only to be kind.”
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“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
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“Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.”
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“I bear a charmed life.”
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“'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.”
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“I give unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture.”
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“This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is 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...”
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“Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.”
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“But men are men; the best sometimes forget.”
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“Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.”
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“We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.”
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“But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.”
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“If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?”
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“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”
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“It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.”
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“Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.”
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