“No, no, I am but shadow of myself:
You are deceived, my substance is not here;”
― William Shakespeare, quote from Henry VI, Part 1
“She's beautiful, and therefore to be wooed; She is a woman, therefore to be won.”
― William Shakespeare, quote from Henry VI, Part 1
“Good Lord, what madness rules in brainsick men
When for so slight and frivolous a cause
Such factious emulations shall arise!”
― William Shakespeare, quote from Henry VI, Part 1
“But you, that are polluted with your lusts, Stain'd with the guiltless blood of innocents, Corrupt and tainted with a thousand vices, Because you want the grace that others have, You judge it straight a thing impossible To compass wonders but by help of devils.”
― William Shakespeare, quote from Henry VI, Part 1
“No more can I be sever'd from your side, Than can yourself yourself in twain divide:”
― William Shakespeare, quote from Henry VI, Part 1
“My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel; I know not where I am, nor what I do;”
― William Shakespeare, quote from Henry VI, Part 1
“May never glorious sun reflex his beams Upon the country where you make abode: But darkness and the gloomy shade of death Environ you, till mischief and despair Drive you to break your necks or hang yourselves!”
― William Shakespeare, quote from Henry VI, Part 1
“When a world of men
Could not prevail with all their oratory,
Yet hath a woman's kindness overrul'd;”
― William Shakespeare, quote from Henry VI, Part 1
“Unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone.”
― William Shakespeare, quote from Henry VI, Part 1
“This late dissension grown betwixt the peers
Burns under feigned ashes of forg'd love,
And will at last break out into a flame:
As festered members rot but by degree,
Till bones and flesh and sinews fall away,
So will this base and envious discord breed.”
― William Shakespeare, quote from Henry VI, Part 1
“Good Lord, what madness rules in brainsick men,”
― William Shakespeare, quote from Henry VI, Part 1
“Wilt thou be daunted at a woman's sight? Aye, beauty's princely majesty is such, Confounds the tongue and makes the senses rough.”
― William Shakespeare, quote from Henry VI, Part 1
“Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself.”
― William Shakespeare, quote from Henry VI, Part 1
“You are spot-on,’ remarked Saini. ‘Prior to the advent of Islam, the word Allah had already existed. It was derived from two Arabic words, al—meaning “the”, and ilah—meaning “deity”. Over a period of time, the combined phrase al-ilah came to be pronounced as Allah.”
― Ashwin Sanghi, quote from The Krishna Key
“АННА: Това е само мечта. Ясно е като бял ден, че някой убиец може да ти счупи врата... да ти пререже гърлото... и то не когато станеш на деведесет, а точно сега.
КЛЕЙНМАН: Много е утешително човек да разговаря с тебе по тези въпроси, Анна.”
― Woody Allen, quote from Without Feathers
“Czar Nicholas the Second was overthrown by Lenin in 1917."
I blink in surprise. "Yes," I say, "he was."
"And do you think I want to know that? IT's not even on your exam syllabus. I never had to know that. So now it's your turn to pick up a few pairs of shoes and make ooh and aah sounds for me becuase Jo ate prawns and she's allergic and she got sick and couldn't come and I'm not sitting on a bus on my own for five hours, OK?"
Nat takes a deep breath and I look at my hands in shame. I am a selfish, selfish person. I am also a very sparkly person; my hands are covered in gold glitter.”
― Holly Smale, quote from Geek Girl
“man the master of his own destiny and the creator of his own desires,”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, quote from Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata
“Because when we give too many fucks, when we choose to give a fuck about everything, then we feel as though we are perpetually entitled to feel comfortable and happy at all times, that’s when life fucks us.”
― Mark Manson, quote from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
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