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A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.
Love's Labour's Lost · 1597
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
The Merchant of Venice · 1598
Pericles, Prince of Tyre · 1608
As You Like It · 1616
But miserable most, to love unloved? This you should pity rather than despise.
A Midsummer Night's Dream · 1599
I've always wanted to be somebody. But I see now I should have been more specific.
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe · 1985
The flow'ry way that leads to the broad gate and the great fire.
All's Well that Ends Well · 1616
The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree.
The Merchant of Venice · 1598
The Tempest · 1616
The Merry Wives of Windsor · 1602
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en. In brief, sir, study what you most affect.
The Taming of the Shrew · 1594
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will · 1602
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
As You Like It · 1616