Your cause of sorrow
Must not be measur'd by his worth, for then
It hath no end.
Quotes from Macbeth — William Shakespeare
1564–1616 England
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'Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
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Things at the worst will cease or else climb upward
To what they were before.
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But now I am cabin'd, cribb'd, confin'd, bound in
To saucy doubts and fears.
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When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
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The earth hath bubbles, as the water has,
And these are of them.
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Thy soul's flight,
If it find heaven, must find it out to-night.
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I must become a borrower of the night
For a dark hour or twain.
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Sleep shall neither night nor day
Hang upon his pent-house lid.
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Be large in mirth; anon we'll drink a measure
The table round.
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By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.
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This avarice
Strikes deeper, grows with more pernicious root.
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For it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven or to hell.
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Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
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Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
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Fie, my Lord, fie! a soldier, and afear'd?
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This even-handed justice
Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice
To our own lips.
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To make society
The sweeter welcome, we will keep ourself
Till supper-time alone.
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Attribution
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