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Philosophy Quotes (Shakespeare Quotes by Theme)

  1. 'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed
  2. A king of infinite space
  3. All the world's a stage
  4. As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods
  5. I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano
  6. Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile
  7. Neither a borrower nor a lender be
  8. Nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so
  9. Sweet are the uses of adversity
  10. The man that hath no music in himself
  11. The patient must minister to himself
  12. The primrose path
  13. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio
  14. There is a tide in the affairs of men
  15. There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently
  16. To be, or not to be
  17. To thine own self be true
  18. What a piece of work is a man

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