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Misattributed quotes — William Shakespeare

1564–1616 England

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However wickedness outstrips men, it has no wings to fly from God.

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Nothing is more common than the wish to be remarkable.

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There is plenty of time to sleep in the grave.

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Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.

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The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

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When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

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He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.

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Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. The saying goes you live by the sword you shall die by the sword...It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Shakespeare (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.