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For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently.
Much Ado About Nothing · 1600
Frame your mind to mirth and merriment, Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.
The Taming of the Shrew · 1594
Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity.
A Midsummer Night's Dream · 1599
She cannot love, Nor take no shape nor project of affection, She is so self-endeared.
Much Ado About Nothing · 1600
That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona · 1616
Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?
The Merchant of Venice · 1598
There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
The Merchant of Venice · 1598
They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing.
The Merchant of Venice · 1598
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
All's Well that Ends Well · 1616
Every Man out of His Humour · 1599
Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
A Midsummer Night's Dream · 1599