A Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations

Every human feeling, answered by Shakespeare: an 1892 dictionary that files the Bard's best lines under the passions they express — from Ambition to Woe.

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Enjoyment, Frequency Of, Diminishes Pleasure: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

The nightingale in summer's front doth sing, And stops his pipe in growth of riper days; Not that the summer is more pleasant now Then when his mournful hymns did hush the night, But that wild music burdens every bough, And sweets grown common lose their dear delight. Poems.
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