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Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.

William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.549

Are you sure/That we are awake? It seems to me/That yet we sleep, we dream

William Shakespeare, Terri Bourus, Peter Holland (2006). “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, p.177, Sourcebooks, Inc.

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.

William Shakespeare, Roma Gill (1998). “Richard II”, p.23, Oxford University Press, USA

Gently to hear, kindly to judge.

William Shakespeare (1803). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.277

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

1603 Escalus. Measure for Measure, act 2, sc.1, l.38.

Truth is truth to the end of reckoning.

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1773). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour lost”, p.121

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

'Troilus And Cressida' (1602) act 3, sc. 3, l. 171

Wisdom cries out in the streets, and no man regards it.

William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1806). “The plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators”, p.165