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And then I stole all courtesy from heaven, and dressed myself in such humility that I did pluck allegiance from men's hearts, loud shouts and salutations from their mouths even in the presence of the crowned king.
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Are you good men and true? Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.
And, Lozel, thou art worthy to be hang'd, that wilt not stay her tongue. A Winter’s Tale, Act ii, Scene 3
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Are you drawn forth among a world of men to slay the innocent? What is my offense? Where is the evidence that doth accuse me? What lawful quest have given their verdict up Unto the frowning judge? or who pronounced the bitter sentence of poor Clarence's death before I be convict by course of law? To threaten me with death is most unlawful: I charge you, as you hope [to have redemption By Christ's dear blood shed for our grievous sins,] That you depart, and lay no hands on me. The deed you undertake is damnable. Richard III, Act I, Scene 4
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ANTONIO: Where is the master, boatswain? BOATSWAIN: Do you not hear him? You mar our labour: keep your cabins; you do assist the storm. Gonzalo: Nay, good, be patient. Boatswain: When the sea is. Hence! What cares these roarers for the name of king? To cabin! silence! Trouble us not. The Tempest, Act I, Scene 1
As for that ravenous tiger, Tamora, no funeral rite, nor man in mourning weeds, no mournful bell shall ring her burial; but throw her forth to beasts and birds to prey. Her life was beastly and devoid of pity, and being dead, let birds on he take pity! [See justice done on Aaron, that damned Moor, by whom our heavy haps had their beginning. Then, afterwards, to order well the state, that like events may ne'er it ruinate.] Titus Andronicus, Act v, Scene 3
Be reigned again to temperance; then he speaks what's in his heart, and that is there which looks with us to break his neck. Coriolanus, Brutus at Act III, Scene 3
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BENVOLIO: I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire: the day is hot, the Capulets abroad, and, if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl; for now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring. MERCUTIO: Thou art like one of those fellows that when he enters the confines of a tavern claps me his sword upon the table and says 'God send me no need of thee!' and by the operation of the second cup draws it on the drawer, when indeed there is no need. BENVOLIO: Am I like such a fellow? MERCUTIO: Come, come, thou art as hot a Jack in thy mood as any in Italy, and as soon moved to be moody. Romeo and Juliet, Act iii, Scene 1
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Brutus and Caesar - What should be in Caesar? Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with them, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar. Now in the names of all the gods at once, upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, that he is grown so great? Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene 2
BENEDICK: I would I could find in my heart that I had not a hard heart; for, truly, I love none. BEATRICE: A dear happiness to women: they would else have been troubled with a pernicious suitor. Much Ado about Nothing, Act I, Scene 6
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I shall attempt to prove two things: first, that the actions and dispositions of mankind are the offspring of circumstances and events, and not of any original determination that they bring into the world; and, secondly, that the great stream of our voluntary actions essentially depends, not upon the direct and immediate impulses of sense, but upon the decisions of the understanding.
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DON PEDRO: To be merry best becomes you; for, out o' question, you were born in a merry hour. BEATRICE: No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under than was I born. Much Ado about Nothing, Act ii, Scene 1
Let us ask ourselves seriously and honestly, “What do I believe after all? What sort of manner of man am I after all? What sort of show should I make after all, if the people round me knew my heart and all my secret thoughts? What sort of show, then, do I already make in the sight of Almighty God, who sees every man exactly as he is?”
Daniel Gilbert, fully Daniel Todd Gilbert, aka Professor Happiness
To ensure that our views are credible, our brain accepts what our eye sees. To ensure that our views are positive, our eye looks for what our brain wants. The conspiracy between these two servants allows us to live at the fulcrum of stark reality and comforting illusion.
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Daniel Gilbert, fully Daniel Todd Gilbert, aka Professor Happiness
The fact that we often judge the pleasure of an experience by its ending can cause us to make some curious choices.
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What we did not imagine was a Web of people, but a Web of documents.
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