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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
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People · 1895
Though Fortune’s malice overthrow my state, My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel.
Henry VI, Part 3 · 1595
What is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? And live we how we can, yet die we must.
Henry VI, Part 3 · 1595
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