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William Shakespeare · 35

To be, or not to be, that is the question — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The course of true love never did run smooth — Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them — Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
Brevity is the soul of wit — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
This above all: to thine own self be true — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so — Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
Cowards die many times before their deaths — Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
We are such stuff as dreams are made on — Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind — Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
The lady doth protest too much, methinks — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Parting is such sweet sorrow — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Neither a borrower nor a lender be — Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
If music be the food of love, play on — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Lord, what fools these mortals be — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Now is the winter of our discontent — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The better part of valour is discretion — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Double, double toil and trouble — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Out, damned spot — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The quality of mercy is not strained — Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Hell is empty and all the devils are here — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none — Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
Et tu, Brute — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
What a piece of work is a man — Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy — Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
Be not afraid of greatness — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The rest is silence — Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Be great in act, as you have been in thought. — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
We know what we are but know not what we may be. — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Speak low, if you speak love. — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
He that is giddy thinks the world turns round. — The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

King James Bible · 19

The love of money is the root of all evil — The King James Version of the Bible
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall — The King James Version of the Bible
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven — The King James Version of the Bible
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find — The King James Version of the Bible
The truth shall make you free — The King James Version of the Bible
Judge not, that ye be not judged — The King James Version of the Bible
Love thy neighbour as thyself — The King James Version of the Bible
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity — The King James Version of the Bible
There is no new thing under the sun — The King James Version of the Bible
Man shall not live by bread alone — The King James Version of the Bible
The meek shall inherit the earth — The King James Version of the Bible
Money is the root of all evil — The King James Version of the Bible
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want — The King James Version of the Bible
It is more blessed to give than to receive — The King James Version of the Bible
A soft answer turneth away wrath — The King James Version of the Bible
Iron sharpeneth iron — The King James Version of the Bible
Where there is no vision, the people perish — The King James Version of the Bible
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul — The King James Version of the Bible
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends — The King James Version of the Bible

Charles Dickens · 10

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times — A Tale of Two Cities
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done — A Tale of Two Cities
Please, sir, I want some more — Oliver Twist
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts — Our Mutual Friend
God bless us, every one — A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
The law is a ass — Oliver Twist
There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour — A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
Marley was dead: to begin with — A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year — A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
We need never be ashamed of our tears. — Great Expectations

Ralph Waldo Emerson · 9

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds — Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
To be great is to be misunderstood — Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist — Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm — Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only way to have a friend is to be one — Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. — Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. — Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
We aim above the mark to hit the mark. — Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is a progress, and not a station. — Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jane Austen · 8

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife — Pride and Prejudice
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart — Emma
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading — Pride and Prejudice
You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope — Persuasion
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid — Northanger Abbey
Vanity and pride are different things — Pride and Prejudice
You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you — Pride and Prejudice
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. — Northanger Abbey

Oscar Wilde · 8

The truth is rarely pure and never simple — The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness — The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it — The Picture of Dorian Gray
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about — The Picture of Dorian Gray
All art is quite useless — The Picture of Dorian Gray
Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing — The Picture of Dorian Gray
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance — An Ideal Husband
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. — The Picture of Dorian Gray

Henry David Thoreau · 8

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation — Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately — Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer — Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth — Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
Our life is frittered away by detail — Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
Things do not change; we change. — Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. — Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. — Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience

Mark Twain · 7

Truth is stranger than fiction — Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to — Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example — The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear — The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
When in doubt, tell the truth — Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness — The Innocents Abroad
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. — Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

Arthur Conan Doyle · 6

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth — The Sign of the Four
You see, but you do not observe — The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data — The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The game is afoot — The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. — The Valley of Fear
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. — The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Walt Whitman · 3

I celebrate myself, and sing myself — Leaves of Grass
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes — Leaves of Grass
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world — Leaves of Grass

Friedrich Nietzsche · 3

God is dead — Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee — Beyond Good and Evil
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. — Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None

Alexandre Dumas · 3

All for one, one for all — The Three Musketeers
Tous pour un, un pour tous — Les trois mousquetaires
All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope. — The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated

Herman Melville · 2

Call me Ishmael — Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
It is not down in any map; true places never are — Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

Benjamin Franklin · 2

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise — Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. — Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Paine · 2

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil — Common Sense
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. — Common Sense

Lewis Carroll · 2

Curiouser and curiouser — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a
Off with her head — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a