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22 March 2026
How to wish your beloved daughter?
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What does the color of indigo mean?
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Does rain bring blessings?
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How did Shakespeare understand human nature?

A braver placeIn my heart's love hath no man than yourself.—1 Henry IV—iv, 1
To give the world assurance of a man.—Hamlet—iii, 4

A contract of eternal bond of loveConfirm'd by mutual joinder of your hands.—Twelfth Night—v. 1

Take thy praise with thee to heaven.—1 Henry IV—v, 4
A double blessing is a double grace.—Hamlet—i, 3

A dream itself is but a shadow.—Hamlet—ii, 2

A fault unknown is as a fault unacted.—Rape of Lucrece

Against love's fire, fear's frost hath dissolution.—Rape of Lucrece

Against self-slaughterThere is a prohibition so divineThat cravens my weak hand.—Cymbeline—iii, 4

A gentler heart did never sway in court.—1 Henry VI—iii, 2

A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross.—Merchant of Venice—ii, 7

A good heart is the sun and the moon—or rather the sun, for it shines bright and never changes.—Henry V—v, 2

A good heart's worth gold!—2 Henry IV—ii, 4

A goodly house—the feast smells well.—Coriolanus—iv, 5
A good man's fortune may grow out at heels.—Lear—ii, 2
A greater Power than we can contradictHath thwarted our intents.—Romeo and Juliet—v, 3
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.—Henry VI—iii, 1
Ah, what a sign it is of evil life,Where death's approach is seen so terrible!—2 Henry VI—iii, 3

A jewel in a ten times barred-up chest,Is a bold spirit in a loyal breast.—Richard II—i, 1
A kinder gentleman treads not the earth.—Merchant of Venice—ii, 8
Alack! when once our grace we have forgot,Nothing goes right—we would and we would not.—Measure for Measure—iv, 4
Alas, poor world, what treasure hast thou lost!—Venus and Adonis
A light heart lives long.—Love's Labour's Lost—v, 1
All faults I make, when I shall come to know them I do repent.—Winter's Tale—iii, 2
All friends shall tasteThe wages of their virtue, and all foesThe cup of their deservings.—Lear—v, 3
All hoods make not monks.—Henry VIII—iii, 1
All men are not alike—alas, good neighbour!—Much Ado About Nothing—iii, 5

All places that the eye of Heaven visitsAre to a wise man ports and happy havens.—Richard II—i, 3
All's well that ends well.—All's Well That Ends Well—iv, 4

All that glisters is not gold.—Merchant of Venice—ii, 7
All that lives must die,Passing through nature to eternity.—Hamlet—i, 2
All the world's a stage.—All's Well That Ends Well—ii, 7
A loyal, just, and upright gentleman.—Richard II—i, 2
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,So honour peereth in the meanest habit.—Taming of the Shrew—iv, 3
And do as adversaries do in law,Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.—Taming of the Shrew—i, 2
And God befriend us, as our cause is just.—1 Henry IV—v, 1
And I by this will be a gainer too,For bending all my loving thoughts on thee.—Sonnet 88

And oftentimes, excusing of a faultDoth make the fault the worse by the excuse.—King John—iv, 2
And poise the cause in justice' equal scalesWhose beams stand sure, whose rightful cause prevails.—2 Henry VI—ii, 1

And then, as we have ta'en the sacrament,We will unite the white rose and the red.—Richard III—v, 4
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,Sermons in stones, and good in everything.—As You Like It—ii, 1

And what have kings that privates have not too?—Henry V—iv, 1

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.Merry Wives of Windsor—ii, 2

Angels and ministers of grace defend us!—Hamlet—i, 4
Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell.—Macbeth—iv, 3

An habitation giddy and unsureHath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart.—2 Henry IV—i, 3

An old man, broken with the storms of state,Is come to lay his weary bones among ye—Give him a little earth for charity!—Henry VIII—iv, 2

A peace above all earthly dignities—A still and quiet conscience—Henry VIII—iii, 2

A rarer spirit neverDid steer humanity.—Antony and Cleopatra—v, 1

As false, by heaven, as heaven itself is true.—Richard II—iv, 1

Ask God for temperance—that is the appliance only which your disease requires.—Henry VIII—i, 1
A smile re-cures the wounding of a frown.—Venus and Adonis

Awake remembrance of these valiant dead.—Henry V—i, 2

A widow cries—be husband to me, heavens!—King John—iii, 1

A world of earthly blessings to my soul,If sympathy of love unite our thoughts.—2 Henry VI—i, 1
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