Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit and lost without deserving.
Quotes from Othello — William Shakespeare
1564–1616 England
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Every inordinate cup is unblessed and the ingredient is a devil.
Othello (1603)
Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature.
Othello (1603)
But words are words; I never yet did hear
That the bruis'd heart was pierced through the ear.
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Do it not with poison; strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated.
Othello (1603)
We cannot all be masters, nor all masters cannot be truly followed.
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These are old fond paradoxes to make fools laugh i' the alehouse.
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Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them.
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Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
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Of one that lov'd not wisely but too well.
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Preferment goes by letter and affection.
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I know thou'rt full of love and honesty,
And weigh'st thy words before thou givest them breath.
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Unkindness may do much;
And his unkindness may defeat my life,
But never taint my love.
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Men should be what they seem;
Or those that be not, would they might seem none!
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Take note, take note, O world,
To be direct and honest is not safe.
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For nothing canst thou to damnation add
Greater than that.
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He hath a daily beauty in his life
That makes me ugly.
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This sorrow's heavenly;
It strikes where it doth love.
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Attribution
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