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Inconstancy: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

I hate inconstancy-I loathe, detest, Abhor, condemn, abjure the mortal made Of such quicksilver clay that in his breast No permanent foundation can be laid.— BYRON — Don Juan. Canto II. St. 209.

Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove; O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.— Shakespeare — Sonnet CXVI.

Or as one nail by strength drives out another, So the remembrance of my former love Is by a newer object quite forgotten. P.— Shakespeare — Two Gentlemen of Verona. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 193.

O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.— Shakespeare — Romeo and Juliet. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 109.

They are not constant, but are changing still— Shakespeare — Cymbeline. Act II. Sc.! L. 30.