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• Nature is the art of God. -- Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) -- Religio Medici, Part i, Sect. xvi
• His nature is too noble for the world: He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove for 's power to thunder.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Coriolanus -- Act iii, Sc. 1...
• Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana; he is almost lost that built it.
  -- Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) -- Dedication to Urn-Burial, Chap. v...
• Nature 's above art in that respect. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Lear -- Act iv, Sc.
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• His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, "This was a man!
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Julius Caesar -- Act v, Sc. 5...
• Sir To. Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
  Clo. Yes, by Saint Anne, and ginger shall be hot i' the mouth too....
• Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Sonnets & other Poetry -- Sonnet lxxxvii...
• He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
  -- William Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lo...
• The boy hath sold him a bargain,--a goose. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Love's Labour 's Lost -- Act iii, Sc.
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