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"Macbeth" by William Shakespeare

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Act IV, Sc. I
A deed without a name.

Act IV, Sc. III
The night is long that never finds the day.

Act I, Sc. III
Sleep shall neither night nor day
Hang upon his pent-house lid.

Act I, Sc. III
The earth hath bubbles as the water has,
And these are of them.

Act I, Sc. V
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose.

Act I, Sc. VII
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.

Act II, Sc. IV
Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up
Thine own life's means!

Act IV, Sc. III
O, I could play the woman with mine eyes
And braggart with my tongue.

Act III, Sc. IV
A thing of custom, 't is no other;
Only it spoils the pleasure of the time.

Act III, Sc. IV
But now I am cabin'd, cribb'd, confined, bound in
To saucy doubts and fears.

Act II, Sc. III
Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious,
Loyal and neutral, in a moment?

Act III, Sc. I
Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown,
And put a barren sceptre in my gripe,

Act II, Sc. I
The bell invites me.
Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven or to hell.

Act I, Sc. VI
This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air
Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself
Unto our gentle senses.

Act II, Sc. I
Thou sure and firm-set earth,
Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear
Thy very stones prate of my whereabout.

Act V, Sc. V
Hang out our banners on the outward walls;
The cry is still, "They come!" our castle's strength
Will laugh a siege to scorn.

Act I, Sc. III
What are these
So wither'd and so wild in their attire,
That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth,
And yet are on 't?

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