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A man that fortune's buffets and rewards hast ta'en with equal thanks. Hamlet, Act iii, Scene 2
After them? Nay, before them, if we can. Now, by my faith, lords, 'twas a glorious day. Saint Albans battle, won by famous York, shall be eternalized in all age to come. Sound drum and trumpets, and to London all; and more such days as these to us befall! King Henry the Sixth, Part II, Warwick at V, ii
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As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seel to quench the fire of love with words. Two Gentlemen Of Verona
All the contagion of the south light on you, You shames of Rome! you herd of--boils and plagues Plaster you o'er; that you may be abhorr'd Further than seen, and one infect another Against the wind a mile!
Are you good men and true? Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.
And, as I am an honest Puck, if we have unearned luck now to scape the serpent's tongue, we will make amends ere long; else the Puck a liar call. So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, and Robin shall restore amends.
Answer me in one word. As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.
And wilt thou still be hammering treachery to tumble down thy husband and thyself from top of honor to disgrace's feet? Henry VI, Part II, Act I, Scene 2
Boldness be my friend! Arm me, audacity, from head to foot! Cymbeline, Act I, Scene 6
Do villainy, do, since you protest to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea; the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun; The sea's a thief, whose liquid surges resolves The moon into salt tears; the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stol'n From gen'ral excrement. The Life of Timon of Athens (Timon at IV, iii)
Come hither you that would be combatants. Henceforth I charge you, as you love our favor, quite to forget this quarrel and the cause. And you, my lords: remember where we are, in France, amongst a fickle wavering nation. If they perceive dissension in our looks and that within ourselves we disagree, how will their grudging stomachs be provoked to willful disobedience, and rebel! Beside, what infamy will there arise when foreign princes shall be certified that for a toy, a thing of no regard, king henry's peers and chief nobility destroyed themselves and lost the realm of France! O, think upon the conquest of my father, my tender years, and let us not forgo that for a trifle that was bought with blood! Let me be umpire in this doubtful strife. I see no reason, if I wear this rose, [puts on a red rose.] That any one should therefore be suspicious I more incline to Somerset than York. Both are my kinsmen, and I love them both. As well they may upbraid me with a crown because forsooth the king of scots is crowned. But your discretions better can persuade than I am able to instruct or teach; and therefore, as we hither came in peace, so let us still continue peace and love. Cousin of York, we institute your grace to be our regent in these parts of France; and, good my lord of Somerset, unite your troops of horsemen with his bands of foot; and like true subjects, sons of your progenitors, go cheerfully together and digest your angry choler on your enemies. Ourself, my lord protector, and the rest, after some respite will return to Calais; from thence to England, where I hope ere long to be presented, by your victories, with Charles, Alençon, and that traitorous rout. Henry VI, Act iv, Scene 1