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For within the hollow crown
That rounds the mortal temples of a king
Keeps Death his court, and there the antick sits,
Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp.
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The color of the king doth come and go,
Between his purpose and his conscience,
Like heralds 'twixt two dreadful battles set:
His passion is so ripe, it needs must break.
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He that plays the king shall be welcome- his Majesty shall
have tribute of me; the adventurous knight shall use his foil and
target; the lover shall not sigh gratis; the humorous man shall
end his part in peace; the clown shall make those laugh whose
lungs are tickle o' th' sere; and the lady shall say her mind
freely, or the blank verse shall halt fort.
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So excellent a king; that was, to this,
Hyperion to a satyr: so loving to my mother,
That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
Visit her face too roughly.
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Cheerily to sea; the signs of war advance: No king of England, if not king of France
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Shall there be gallows standing in England when thou art king, and resolution thus fobbed as it is with the rusty curb of old father antick, the law.
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How long a time lies in one little word!
Four lagging winters and four wanton springs
End in a word; such is the breath of kings.
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Time's glory is to calm contending kings,
To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.
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Is the chair empty? is the sword unsway'd?
Is the king dead? the empire unpossess'd?
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O Kate! nice customs curtsy to great kings.
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Hamlet:
No, no, they do but jest, poison in jest; no offence i' the world.
King:
What do you call the play?
Hamlet:
The Mouse-trap.
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Upon the king! let us our lives, our souls,
Our debts, our careful wives,
Our children, and our sins lay on the king!
We must bear all. O hard condition!
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Fare thee well, king: sith thus thou wilt appear, Freedom lives hence, and banishment is here.
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There's such divinity doth hedge a king,
That treason can but peep to what it would.
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The king hath note of all that they intend, by interception which they dream not of.
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Peace! impudent and shameless Warwick, peace;
Proud setter up and puller down of kings.
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Strong reasons make strong actions let us go If you say ay, the king will not say no.
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All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity. Think not the king did banish thee, But thou the king.
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Had I but served my God with half the zeal
I served my king, he would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine enemies.
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I must speak in passion, and I will do it in King Cambyses' vein.
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And to be king
Stands not within the prospect of belief.
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O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality.
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LEONATO Neighbours, you are tedious. DOGBERRY It pleases your worship to say so, but we are the poor duke's officers; but truly, for mine own part, if I were as tedious as a king, I could find it in my heart to bestow it all of your worship.
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What infinite heart's ease Must kings neglect that private men enjoy! And what have kings that privates have not too, Save ceremony, save general ceremony? And what art thou, thou idol ceremony? What kind of god art thou, that suffer'st more Of mortal griefs than do thy worshippers? What are thy rents? what are thy comings-in? O ceremony! show me but thy worth.
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BIRON:
What is the end of study? let me know?
KING:
Why, that to know, which else we should not know.
BIRON:
Things hid and barr'd, you mean, from common sense?
KING:
Ay, that is study's godlike recompense.
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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
Dorothy L. Sayers
William Shakespeare
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Born:
April 26, 1564
Died:
April 23, 1616
(aged 51)
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