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Pride

O, this life Is nobler than attending for a check, Richer than doing nothing for a robe, Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk: Such pain the cap of him that makes him fine Yet keeps his book uncrossed.


William Shakespeare - Zitate und Sprüche  William Shakespeare

English poet and dramatist
Quelle: Cymbeline (Belarius at III, iii)

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born * April 23, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, England
died † April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon, England
function poet and dramatist


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attending book cap check doing fine for him his keeps life makes nobler nothing pain prouder richer robe rustling silk than that the this uncrossed unpaid yet


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