Quotes from Othello — William Shakespeare
1564–1616 England
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The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief:
He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.
When remedies are past, the griefs are ended
By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended.
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stol'n,
Let him not know't, and he's not robb'd at all.
If that the earth could teem with woman's tears,
Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile.
If you bethink yourself of any crime
Unreconcil'd as yet to heaven and grace,
Solicit for it straight.
The bloody book of law
You shall yourself read in the bitter letter
After your own sense.
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
'Twas strange, 'twas passing strange;
'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful.
Let's teach ourselves that honourable stop,
Not to outsport discretion.
Are there no stones in heaven
But what serve for the thunder?
Abandon all remorse;
On horror's head horrors accumulate.
O, the more angel she,
And you the blacker devil!
Your name is great
In mouths of wisest censure.
To be once in doubt
Is once to be resolv'd.
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