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1 " Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. "
― William Shakespeare , The Merry Wives of Windsor
2 " I think the devil will not have me damned, lest the oil that's in me should set hell on fire. "
3 " Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. "
4 " Love like a shadow flies when substance love pursuesPursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues. "
5 " Why, then the world ’s mine oyster,Which I with sword will open. "
6 " I will find you twenty lascivious turtles ere one chaste man. "
7 " if money go before, all ways do lie open. "
8 " Here will be an old abusing of God’s patience and the king’s English. "
9 " I assure thee: setting the attractions of mygood parts aside I have no other charms. "
10 " Master Brook, I will first make bold with your money "
11 " Host: What say you to young Master Fenton? he capers, hedances, he has eyes of youth, he writes verses, he speaks holiday, he smells April and May: he will carry't, he will carry't; 'tis in his buttons; he will carry't. "
12 " he cares not what he puts into the press, when he would put us two: I had rather be a giantess and lie under Mount Pelion. "
13 " setting the attractions of mygood parts aside I have no other charms "
14 " Sir John,To Master Brook you yet shall hold your word;For he to-night shall lie with Mistress Ford. "
15 " Enter Evans with a sword in one hand and a book in the other. "