“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7 · View source
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“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
“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
“The consciousness of a well-spent life and the recollection of many virtuous actions are exceedingly delightful.”On Old Age, section 3 · View source
“Within the four seas, all are brothers.”Analects, Book 12 (Yan Yuan) · View source
“The benefit we receive must be rendered again, line for line, deed for deed, cent for cent, to somebody.”Essays, First Series — Compensation · View source
“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”The Merchant of Venice, Act 1, Scene 1 · View source
“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 3, Scene 5 · View source
“Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service.”Gitanjali, poem 36 · View source
“Where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.”Gitanjali, poem 37 · View source
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