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Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare

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King Henry VIII. — III. 2

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

Twelfth Night — II. 5

Happiness

O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes.

As You Like It — V. 2

Honesty

An honest man is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not.

King Henry VI., Part 2d — V. 1

To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.

Hamlet — II. 2

Hypocrisy

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

Love’s Labor Lost — IV. 3

One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.

Hamlet — I. 5

Innocence

The trust I have is in mine innocence,

And therefore am I bold and resolute.

Troilus and Cressida — IV. 4

Insinuations

The shrug, the hum, or ha; these petty brands,

That calumny doth use;—

For calumny will sear

Virtue itself:—these shrugs, these bums, and ha’s,

When you have said, she’s goodly, come between,

Ere you can say she’s honest.

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