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To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin That makes calamity of so long life; For who would fardels bear, till Birnam Wood do come to Dunsinane, But that the fear of something after death Murders the innocent sleep, Great nature's second course, And makes us rather sling the arrows of outrageous fortune Than fly to others that we know not of. There's the respect must give us pause: Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,

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If I had thought thou couldst have died,I might not weep for thee;But I forgot, when by thy side,That thou couldst mortal be.

charles wolfe

— To Mary.

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When with all thy heart thou strivest to live with truth and love, couldst thou do anything better? ... If this be thy life, thou shalt not deem it a misfortune to lack the things men most crave and toil for.

john lancaster spalding

— p. 276 (Aphorisms and Reflections (1901))

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Come, thou mortal wretch, With thy sharp teeth this knot intrinsicate Of life at once untie: poor venomous fool, Be angry, and dispatch. O, couldst thou speak, That I might hear thee call great Caesar Ass Unpolicied!

— Cleopatra, scene ii

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