Shakespearian proverbs

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Aphorisms coined by William Shakespeare through his many plays. Time has turned many of his adages into proverbs.

E

• Expectation is the root of all heartache.
  • Wisdom for the soul, p. 280

I

• Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
  • Profiling Shakespeare, p. 283

T

• "To thine own self be true."
  • Meaning: It is a poor idea to lie to yourself.
  • The proverbial Winston Churchill