"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."

Public domain — King James Version

"Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string."

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"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."

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"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

Public domain — Essays: First Series

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."

Public domain — Essays: First Series

"Hitch your wagon to a star."

Public domain — Society and Solitude

"I think, therefore I am."

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"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood."

Public domain — The Road Not Taken

"I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

Public domain — The Road Not Taken

"Good fences make good neighbors."

Public domain — Mending Wall

"Whose woods these are I think I know."

Public domain — Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

"I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep."

Public domain — Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may."

Public domain — To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."

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"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink."

Public domain — The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

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"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons."

Public domain — The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

"April is the cruellest month."

Public domain — The Waste Land

"The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

Public domain — Leviathan

"O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done."

Public domain — O Captain! My Captain!

"I contain multitudes."

Public domain — Song of Myself

"Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself."

Public domain — Song of Myself

"I celebrate myself, and sing myself."

Public domain — Song of Myself

"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul."

Public domain — Invictus

"It matters not how strait the gate."

Public domain — Invictus

"To be, or not to be, that is the question."

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"All that glitters is not gold."

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"To thine own self be true."

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"Brevity is the soul of wit."

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"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

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"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."

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"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

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"Now is the winter of our discontent."

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"Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble."

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"The course of true love never did run smooth."

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"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

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"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."

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"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."

Public domain — Julius Caesar

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."

Public domain — As You Like It

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet."

Public domain — Romeo and Juliet

"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."

Public domain — Henry IV, Part 2

"We are such stuff as dreams are made on."

Public domain — The Tempest

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

Public domain — Hamlet

"The better part of valour is discretion."

Public domain — Henry IV, Part 1

"The child is father of the man."

Public domain — My Heart Leaps Up

"I wandered lonely as a cloud."

Public domain — I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

"The world is too much with us; late and soon."

Public domain — The World Is Too Much with Us

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

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"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."

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"Without music, life would be a mistake."

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