King Richard II: Good king, great king, and yet not greatly good,
An if my word be sterling yet in England,
Let it command a mirror hither straight,
That it may show me what a face I have,
Since it is bankrupt of his majesty.

line from the play Richard II, Act IV, Scene 1, script by William Shakespeare (1595)
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It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.

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I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.

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Sonnet 24: “Mine eye hath played the painter and hath stelled…”

Mine eye hath played the painter and hath stelled,
Thy beauty's form in table of my heart,
My body is the frame wherein 'tis held,
And perspective it is best painter's art.
For through the painter must you see his skill,
To find where your true image pictured lies,
Which in my bosom's shop is hanging still,
That hath his windows glazed with thine eyes:
Now see what good turns eyes for eyes have done,
Mine eyes have drawn thy shape, and thine for me
Are windows to my breast, where-through the sun
Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee;
Yet eyes this cunning want to grace their art,
They draw but what they see, know not the heart.

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Sonnet 24: Mine eye hath played the painter and hath stelled

Mine eye hath played the painter and hath stelled
Thy beauty's form in table of my heart;
My body is the frame wherein 'tis held,
And perspective it is best painter's art.
For through the painter must you see his skill
To find where your true image pictured lies,
Which in my bosom's shop is hanging still,
That hath his windows glazèd with thine eyes.
Now see what good turns eyes for eyes have done:
Mine eyes have drawn thy shape, and thine for me
Are windows to my breast, where-through the sun
Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee.
Yet eyes this cunning want to grace their art:
They draw but what they see, know not the heart.

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Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls Who steals my purse steals trash 'tis something, nothing 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.

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How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.

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How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

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Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.

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Antony: The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.

line from the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 2, script by William Shakespeare
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My meaning in saying he is a good man, is to have you understand me that he is sufficient.

William Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice
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My meaning in saying he is a good man, is to have you understand me that he is sufficient.

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Fool: Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage, and, for turning away, let summer bear it out.

line from the play Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene 5, script by William Shakespeare (1601)
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Hamlet: Why, then, 'tis none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

line from the play Hamlet, Act II, Scene 2, script by William Shakespeare (1599)
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Stephano: Give me thy hand. I am sorry I beat thee. But while thou livest, keep a good tongue in thy head.

line from the play The Tempest, Act III, Scene 2, script by William Shakespeare (1611)
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King Henry: I prithee, peace, good queen,
And whet not on these furious peers;
For blessed are the peacemakers on earth.

line from the play Henry VI, Act II, Scene 1, script by William Shakespeare (1590)
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Queen: The fire of rage is in him, and 'twere good
You lean'd unto his sentence with what patience
Your wisdom may inform you.

line from Cymbeline, Act I, Scene 1, script by William Shakespeare (1611)
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Portia: If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.

line from the play The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene 2, script by William Shakespeare (1598)
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This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers.... There is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death.

William Shakespeare in The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country, as the behavior of the country is most mockable at the court.

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