O, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly dreams, of ugly sights, That, as I am a Christian faithful man, I would not spend another such a night Though ’twere to buy a world of happy days, So full of dismal terror was the time.

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• Now is the winter of our discontent
• Off with his head!
• So wise so young, they say, do never live long.
• All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told; Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold.
• All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their enterances, And one man in his time plays many parts.
• Alonso: a kind Of excellent dumb discourse