Thursday, August 11, 2011

All by William Shakespeare

"       You say that you love in the rain
But you open your umbrella when it rains
     You say that you love in the sun,
But find a shadow spot when the sun shines,
     You say that you love in the wind,
but you close the windows when the wind blows.
This is why I am afraid, when you say you love me too"


"When my love swears that she is made of truth
I do believe her, though I know she lies,
That she might think me some untutor'd youth,
Unlearned in the world's false subtleties.
Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,
Although she knows my days are past the best,
Simply I credit her false-speaking tongue:
On both sides thus is simple truth suppress'd.
But wherefore says she not she is unjust?
And wherefore say not I that I am old?
O, love's best habit is in seeming trust,
And age in love loves not to have years told:

Therefore I lie with her and she with me,
And in our faults by lies we flatter'd be."

"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit."


"I am as true as truth's simplicity,
And simpler than the infancy of truth."

"My thoughts are whirlèd like a potter's wheel.
I know not where I am or what I do."
--Sonnet #138           

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