William Shakespeare Quotes About Failing
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Women may fail when there is no strength in man
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Now my charms are all o'erthrown, And what strength I have's mine own, Which is most faint: now, 'tis true, Or sent to Naples. Let me not, Since I have my dukedom got And pardon 'd the deceiver, dwell In this bare island by your spell; I must be here confined by you, But release me from my bands With the help of your good hands: Gentle breath of yours my sails Must fill, or else my project fails, Which was to please: now I want Spirits to enforce, art to enchant, And my ending is despair, Unless I be relieved by prayer, Which pierces so, that it assaults Mercy itself, and frees all faults. As you from crimes would pardon'd be, Let your indulgence set me free.
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We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we'll not fail.
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Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; My major vow lies here, this I'll obey.
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Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.
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If wishes would prevail with me, my purpose should not fail with me.
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The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.
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