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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Excess: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

As surfeit is the father of much fast, So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint: our natures do pursue (Like rats, that ravin down their proper bane)— M. M. i. 3
A thirsty evil; and when we drink, we die. Allow not nature more than nature needs.— K. L. ii. 4
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