All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
Quotes from Richard II — William Shakespeare
1564–1616 England
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They breathe truth that breathe their words in pain.
Richard II (1595)
Gardener, for telling me these news of woe,
Pray God the plants thou graft'st may never grow.
Richard II (1595)
For young hot colts being rag'd, do rage the more.
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Things past redress are now with me past care.
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With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
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Our holy lives must win a new world's crown.
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His tongue is now a stringless instrument.
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Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity—
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That is not quickly buzz'd into his ears?
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To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength,
Gives in your weakness strength unto your foe.
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I am disgrac'd, impeach'd and baffled here,—
Pierc'd to the soul with slander's venom'd spear.
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He fires the proud tops of the eastern pines
And darts his light through every guilty hole.
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For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground,
And tell sad stories of the death of kings.
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That which in mean men we entitle patience
Is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.
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Thy death-bed is no lesser than thy land
Wherein thou liest in reputation sick.
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The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent.
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All is uneven,
And everything is left at six and seven.
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I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
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