Deception
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s
In deepest consequence.
–Macbeth,
Act I, Scene iii
Category: Famous Lines
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December 1
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November 18
The Worm Turns
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
–Henry VI, Part 3,
Act II Scene ii -
September 7
She Ain’t Pretty
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.–Sonnet CXXX (130)
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September 6
There’s More to It
The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers…
Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing,
that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment?
That parchment, being scribbled o’er, should undo a man?-Henry VI Part 2,
Act IV, Scene ii -
August 1
Venom in Velvet
For I must tell you friendly in your ear:
Sell when you can; you are not for all markets.-As You Like It,
Act III, Scene v
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