“This above all: to thine own self be true.”Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3 · View source
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“Is it not a pleasure, having learned something, to try it out at due intervals?”Analects, Book 1 · View source
“When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers.”Analects, Book 7 (Shu Er) · View source
“Sweet are the uses of adversity.”As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 1 · View source
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”Essays, First Series — Circles · View source
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7 · View source
“I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks.”Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 3 · View source
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.”Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3 · View source
“Our doubts are traitors, and makes us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”Measure for Measure, Act 1, Scene 4 · View source
“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”Analects, Book 14 (Xian Wen) · View source
“Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?”Analects, Book 1 (Xue Er) · View source
“The arms best adapted to old age are culture and the active exercise of the virtues.”On Old Age, section 3 · View source
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