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BRUTUS: When love begins to sicken and decay,
It useth an enforced ceremony.
There are no tricks in plain and simple faith;
But hollow men, like horses hot at hand,
Make gallant show and promise of their mettle.
— Julius Caesar, IV, ii
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It useth an enforced ceremony.
There are no tricks in plain and simple faith;
But hollow men, like horses hot at hand,
Make gallant show and promise of their mettle.
— Julius Caesar, IV, ii
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December 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
BRUTUS: When love begins to sicken and decay,
It useth an enforced ceremony.
There are no tricks in plain and simple faith;
But hollow men, like horses hot at hand,
Make gallant show and promise of their mettle.
— Julius Caesar, IV, ii
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It useth an enforced ceremony.
There are no tricks in plain and simple faith;
But hollow men, like horses hot at hand,
Make gallant show and promise of their mettle.
— Julius Caesar, IV, ii
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PAULINA: What's gone and what's past help should be past grief.
— The Winter's Tale, III, ii
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— The Winter's Tale, III, ii
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December 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
PAULINA: What's gone and what's past help should be past grief.
— The Winter's Tale, III, ii
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— The Winter's Tale, III, ii
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THERSITES: A plague of opinion! a man may wear it on both sides, like a leather jerkin.
— Troilus and Cressida, III, iii
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— Troilus and Cressida, III, iii
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December 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
THERSITES: A plague of opinion! a man may wear it on both sides, like a leather jerkin.
— Troilus and Cressida, III, iii
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— Troilus and Cressida, III, iii
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FLAVIUS: O my good lord, the world is but a word:
Were it all yours to give it in a breath,
How quickly were it gone!
— Timon of Athens, II, ii
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Were it all yours to give it in a breath,
How quickly were it gone!
— Timon of Athens, II, ii
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December 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
FLAVIUS: O my good lord, the world is but a word:
Were it all yours to give it in a breath,
How quickly were it gone!
— Timon of Athens, II, ii
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Were it all yours to give it in a breath,
How quickly were it gone!
— Timon of Athens, II, ii
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VALENTINE: She shall be dignified with this high honour—
To bear my lady's train, lest the base earth
Should from her vesture chance to steal a kiss
And, of so great a favour growing proud,
Disdain to root the summer-swelling flower
And make rough winter everlastingly.
— The Two Gentlemen […]
To bear my lady's train, lest the base earth
Should from her vesture chance to steal a kiss
And, of so great a favour growing proud,
Disdain to root the summer-swelling flower
And make rough winter everlastingly.
— The Two Gentlemen […]
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December 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
VALENTINE: She shall be dignified with this high honour—
To bear my lady's train, lest the base earth
Should from her vesture chance to steal a kiss
And, of so great a favour growing proud,
Disdain to root the summer-swelling flower
And make rough winter everlastingly.
— The Two Gentlemen […]
To bear my lady's train, lest the base earth
Should from her vesture chance to steal a kiss
And, of so great a favour growing proud,
Disdain to root the summer-swelling flower
And make rough winter everlastingly.
— The Two Gentlemen […]
CALIBAN: Remember
First to possess his books; for without them
He's but a sot, as I am, nor hath not
One spirit to command: they all do hate him
As rootedly as I.
— The Tempest, III, ii
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First to possess his books; for without them
He's but a sot, as I am, nor hath not
One spirit to command: they all do hate him
As rootedly as I.
— The Tempest, III, ii
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December 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
CALIBAN: Remember
First to possess his books; for without them
He's but a sot, as I am, nor hath not
One spirit to command: they all do hate him
As rootedly as I.
— The Tempest, III, ii
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First to possess his books; for without them
He's but a sot, as I am, nor hath not
One spirit to command: they all do hate him
As rootedly as I.
— The Tempest, III, ii
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GUIDERIUS: I cannot sing: I'll weep, and word it with thee;
For notes of sorrow out of tune are worse
Than priests and fanes that lie.
— Cymbeline, IV, ii
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For notes of sorrow out of tune are worse
Than priests and fanes that lie.
— Cymbeline, IV, ii
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December 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
GUIDERIUS: I cannot sing: I'll weep, and word it with thee;
For notes of sorrow out of tune are worse
Than priests and fanes that lie.
— Cymbeline, IV, ii
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For notes of sorrow out of tune are worse
Than priests and fanes that lie.
— Cymbeline, IV, ii
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CASCA: Are not you moved, when all the sway of earth
Shakes like a thing unfirm?
— Julius Caesar, I, iii
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Shakes like a thing unfirm?
— Julius Caesar, I, iii
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December 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
CASCA: Are not you moved, when all the sway of earth
Shakes like a thing unfirm?
— Julius Caesar, I, iii
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Shakes like a thing unfirm?
— Julius Caesar, I, iii
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PRINCE: Well, thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.
— 2 Henry IV, II, ii
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— 2 Henry IV, II, ii
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November 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
PRINCE: Well, thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.
— 2 Henry IV, II, ii
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— 2 Henry IV, II, ii
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BANQUO: New honors come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould
But with the aid of use.
— Macbeth, I, iii
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Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould
But with the aid of use.
— Macbeth, I, iii
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November 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
BANQUO: New honors come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould
But with the aid of use.
— Macbeth, I, iii
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Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould
But with the aid of use.
— Macbeth, I, iii
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FESTE: Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun, it shines everywhere.
— Twelfth Night, III, i
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— Twelfth Night, III, i
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November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
FESTE: Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun, it shines everywhere.
— Twelfth Night, III, i
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— Twelfth Night, III, i
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LAERTES: Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister,
And keep you in the rear of your affection,
Out of the shot and danger of desire.
— Hamlet, I, iii
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And keep you in the rear of your affection,
Out of the shot and danger of desire.
— Hamlet, I, iii
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November 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
LAERTES: Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister,
And keep you in the rear of your affection,
Out of the shot and danger of desire.
— Hamlet, I, iii
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And keep you in the rear of your affection,
Out of the shot and danger of desire.
— Hamlet, I, iii
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PORTER: But this place is too cold for hell. I'll devil-porter it no further: I had thought to have let in some of all professions that go the primrose way to the everlasting bonfire.
— Macbeth, II, iii
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— Macbeth, II, iii
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November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
PORTER: But this place is too cold for hell. I'll devil-porter it no further: I had thought to have let in some of all professions that go the primrose way to the everlasting bonfire.
— Macbeth, II, iii
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— Macbeth, II, iii
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PRINCE: Unless hours were cups of sack and minutes capons and clocks the tongues of bawds and dials the signs of leaping-houses and the blessed sun himself a fair hot wench in flame-coloured taffeta, I see no reason why thou shouldst be so superfluous to demand the time of the day.
— 1 Henry IV […]
— 1 Henry IV […]
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November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
PRINCE: Unless hours were cups of sack and minutes capons and clocks the tongues of bawds and dials the signs of leaping-houses and the blessed sun himself a fair hot wench in flame-coloured taffeta, I see no reason why thou shouldst be so superfluous to demand the time of the day.
— 1 Henry IV […]
— 1 Henry IV […]
TITUS: In peace and honour rest you here, my sons;
Rome's readiest champions, repose you here in rest,
Secure from worldly chances and mishaps!
Here lurks no treason, here no envy swells,
Here grow no damned drugs, here are no storms,
No noise, but silence and eternal sleep:
In peace and […]
Rome's readiest champions, repose you here in rest,
Secure from worldly chances and mishaps!
Here lurks no treason, here no envy swells,
Here grow no damned drugs, here are no storms,
No noise, but silence and eternal sleep:
In peace and […]
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November 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
TITUS: In peace and honour rest you here, my sons;
Rome's readiest champions, repose you here in rest,
Secure from worldly chances and mishaps!
Here lurks no treason, here no envy swells,
Here grow no damned drugs, here are no storms,
No noise, but silence and eternal sleep:
In peace and […]
Rome's readiest champions, repose you here in rest,
Secure from worldly chances and mishaps!
Here lurks no treason, here no envy swells,
Here grow no damned drugs, here are no storms,
No noise, but silence and eternal sleep:
In peace and […]
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
LUCIUS: Art thou not sorry for these heinous deeds?
AARON: Ay, that I had not done a thousand more.
— Titus Andronicus, V, i
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AARON: Ay, that I had not done a thousand more.
— Titus Andronicus, V, i
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November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
LUCIUS: Art thou not sorry for these heinous deeds?
AARON: Ay, that I had not done a thousand more.
— Titus Andronicus, V, i
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AARON: Ay, that I had not done a thousand more.
— Titus Andronicus, V, i
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FRIAR LAURENCE: Hence from Verona art thou banished.
Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.
— Romeo and Juliet, III, iii
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Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.
— Romeo and Juliet, III, iii
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November 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
FRIAR LAURENCE: Hence from Verona art thou banished.
Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.
— Romeo and Juliet, III, iii
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Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.
— Romeo and Juliet, III, iii
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SENATOR: I love and honour him,
But must not break my back to heal his finger.
— Timon of Athens, II, i
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But must not break my back to heal his finger.
— Timon of Athens, II, i
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November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
SENATOR: I love and honour him,
But must not break my back to heal his finger.
— Timon of Athens, II, i
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But must not break my back to heal his finger.
— Timon of Athens, II, i
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HOTSPUR: But thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool; And time, that takes survey of all the world, Must have a stop.
— 1 Henry IV, V, iv
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— 1 Henry IV, V, iv
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November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
HOTSPUR: But thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool; And time, that takes survey of all the world, Must have a stop.
— 1 Henry IV, V, iv
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— 1 Henry IV, V, iv
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ANTONIO: In sooth, I know not why I am so sad:
It wearies me; you say it wearies you;
But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,
I am to learn;
And such a want-wit sadness makes of me,
That I have much ado to know myself.
— The Merchant of […]
It wearies me; you say it wearies you;
But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,
I am to learn;
And such a want-wit sadness makes of me,
That I have much ado to know myself.
— The Merchant of […]
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November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
ANTONIO: In sooth, I know not why I am so sad:
It wearies me; you say it wearies you;
But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,
I am to learn;
And such a want-wit sadness makes of me,
That I have much ado to know myself.
— The Merchant of […]
It wearies me; you say it wearies you;
But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,
I am to learn;
And such a want-wit sadness makes of me,
That I have much ado to know myself.
— The Merchant of […]
WIDOW: He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.
— The Taming of the Shrew, V, ii
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— The Taming of the Shrew, V, ii
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November 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
WIDOW: He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.
— The Taming of the Shrew, V, ii
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— The Taming of the Shrew, V, ii
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CHARMIAN: Is't you, sir, that know things?
SOOTHSAYER: In nature's infinite book of secrecy
A little I can read.
— Antony and Cleopatra, I, ii
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SOOTHSAYER: In nature's infinite book of secrecy
A little I can read.
— Antony and Cleopatra, I, ii
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November 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
CHARMIAN: Is't you, sir, that know things?
SOOTHSAYER: In nature's infinite book of secrecy
A little I can read.
— Antony and Cleopatra, I, ii
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SOOTHSAYER: In nature's infinite book of secrecy
A little I can read.
— Antony and Cleopatra, I, ii
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CHARMIAN: Good madam, keep yourself within yourself; the man is innocent.
CLEOPATRA: Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
— Antony and Cleopatra, II, v
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CLEOPATRA: Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
— Antony and Cleopatra, II, v
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November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
CHARMIAN: Good madam, keep yourself within yourself; the man is innocent.
CLEOPATRA: Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
— Antony and Cleopatra, II, v
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CLEOPATRA: Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
— Antony and Cleopatra, II, v
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TITUS: What fool hath added water to the sea,
Or brought a faggot to bright-burning Troy?
My grief was at the height before thou camest,
And now like Nilus, it disdaineth bounds.
— Titus Andronicus, III, i
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Or brought a faggot to bright-burning Troy?
My grief was at the height before thou camest,
And now like Nilus, it disdaineth bounds.
— Titus Andronicus, III, i
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November 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
TITUS: What fool hath added water to the sea,
Or brought a faggot to bright-burning Troy?
My grief was at the height before thou camest,
And now like Nilus, it disdaineth bounds.
— Titus Andronicus, III, i
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Or brought a faggot to bright-burning Troy?
My grief was at the height before thou camest,
And now like Nilus, it disdaineth bounds.
— Titus Andronicus, III, i
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