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• An honest exceeding poor man. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Merchant of Venice -- Act ii, Sc.
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• I dote on his very absence. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Merchant of Venice -- Act i, Sc.
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• They are as sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Merchant of Venice -- Act i, Sc. 2...
• I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Merchant of Venice -- Act i, Sc. 1...
• The kindest man, The best-condition'd and unwearied spirit In doing courtesies.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Merchant of Venice -- Act iii, Sc. 2...
• When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Merchant of Venice -- Act i, Sc. 2...
• Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Merchant of Venice -- Act i, Sc. 2...
• The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Merchant of Venice -- Act i, Sc. 2...
• Let it serve for table-talk. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Merchant of Venice -- Act iii, Sc.
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