Yet The First Bringer Of Unwelcome News Hath But A Losing Office, And His Tongue Sounds Ever After As A Sullen Bell, Remember'd Tolling A Departing Friend.

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Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
Hath but a losing office, and his tongue
Sounds ever after as a sullen bell,
Remember'd tolling a departing friend.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV
-- Act i, Sc. 1

He hath eaten me out of house and home. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act ii, Sc.
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I am not in the roll of common men. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act iii, Sc.
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I know a trick worth two of that. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act ii, Sc.
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So shaken as we are, so wan with care. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act i, Sc.
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I 'll tickle your catastrophe. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act ii, Sc. 1
An habitation giddy and unsure Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act i, Sc. 3...
He will give the devil his due. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act i, Sc. 2
Every subject's duty is the king's; but every subject's soul is his own.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry V -- Act iv, Sc. 1...
That daffed the world aside, And bid it pass. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV -- Act iv, Sc.
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Yet The First Bringer Of Unwelcome News Hath But A Losing Office, And His Tongue Sounds Ever After As A Sullen Bell, Remember'd Tolling A Departing Friend.

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