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Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. ↗

— Socrates

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These violent delights have violent ends And in their triump die, like fire and powder Which, as they kiss, consume ↗

— William Shakespeare

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Conscience doth make cowards of us all. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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Some are born great, others achieve greatness. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#shakespeare #achievement

All's well if all ends well. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions! ↗

— William Shakespeare

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