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She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises.


William Congreve

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination.
WILLIAM GODWIN Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
WILLIAM JAMES Tenderness is the name for a lover's most exquisite sensation; protection is implied in his most...
WILLIAM GODWIN If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? A...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We shall not be happy unless we live like good animals, unless we enjoy the exercise of the ordinary...
WILLIAM MORRIS The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
WILLIAM PENN In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before t...
WILLIAM PENN To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we ...
WILLIAM PENN Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.
WILLIAM WESTMORELAND Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE