" But I that am not shaped for sportive tricks,
Nor made to court an amorous looking glasse,
I that am rudely stampt and want loves majesty,
To strut before a wanton ambling Nymph:
I that am curtaild of this faire proportion,
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,
Deformd, unfinished, sent before my time
Into this breathing world scarce half made up,
And that so lamely and unfashionable,
That dogs bark at me as I halt by them:
Why I in this weak piping time of peace
Have no delight to pass away the time,
Unlesse to spy my shadow in the sun,
And descant on mine own deformity:
And therefore since I cannot prove a lover
To entertaine these faire well spoken days
I am determined to prove a villain,"
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Quote #2463 from Richard III by William Shakespeare
...in black ink my love may still shine bright.
Quote #1920 from Sonnet LXV by William Shakespeare
Is love a tender thing? it is too rough, Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.
Quote #1731 from Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs: Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a preserving sweet.
Quote #1736 from Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare
Pain pays the income of each precious thing.
Quote #1557 from The Rape of Lucrece by William Shakespeare