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Character1 quote
Men should be what they seem. — William Shakespeare · 1604
Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners. — William Shakespeare · 1604
Healing1 quote
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? — William Shakespeare · 1604
Honesty1 quote
Men should be what they seem. — William Shakespeare · 1604
Impatience1 quote
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? — William Shakespeare · 1604
Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners. — William Shakespeare · 1604
Patience1 quote
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? — William Shakespeare · 1604
Men should be what they seem. — William Shakespeare · 1604
Randomness1 quote
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving. — William Shakespeare · 1604
Reputation1 quote
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving. — William Shakespeare · 1604
I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at. — William Shakespeare · 1604
Willpower1 quote
Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners. — William Shakespeare · 1604