("Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." —
- Samuel Johnson (Boswell's Life of Johnson)
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“Plain and not honest is too harsh a style.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard III
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"Now is the winter of our discontent.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard III
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"And thus I clothe my naked villainy
With odd old ends stol'n out of holy writ;
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard III
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"Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard III
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"So wise so young, they say, do never live long.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard III
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"Out of my sight! Thou dost infect mine eyes.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard III
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"What do I fear? Myself? There’s none else by.
Richard loves Richard; that is, I and I.
Is there a murderer here? No. Yes, I am.
Then fly! What, from myself? Great reason why:
Lest I revenge. What, myself upon myself?
Alack, I love myself. Wherefore? For any good
That I myself have done unto myself?
O, no! Alas, I rather hate myself
For hateful deeds committed by myself.
I am a villain. Yet I lie. I am not.
Fool, of thyself speak well. Fool, do not flatter:
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every tale condemns me for a villain.
Perjury, perjury, in the highest degree;
Murder, stern murder, in the direst degree;
All several sins, all used in each degree,
Throng to the bar, crying all, “Guilty! guilty!”
I shall despair. There is no creature loves me,
And if I die no soul will pity me.
And wherefore should they, since that I myself
Find in myself no pity to myself?”
― William Shakespeare, Richard III
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“In thy foul throat thou liest.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard III
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"Wrong hath but wrong, and blame the due of blame.”
―
William Shakespeare, Richard III
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"No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity.
But I know none, and therefore am no beast.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard III
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"Bloody thou art, bloody will be thy end;
Shame serves thy life and doth thy death attend.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard III
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"Despair and die.
The ghosts”
― William Shakespeare, Richard III
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We have met the enemy
and he is us
(Pogo creator Walt Kelly's 20th century parody of Perry's quote)