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Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most cutting grows, Most barren with best using. ”
Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them. ”
A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends. ”
We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them. ”
Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure. ”
Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity? ”
Do we mean love, when we say love? ”
If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love. ”
Acting is a sport - especially working with Mark Rylance. There is competition involved. I have to be muscular, challenging, get audiences on side. It's extraordinary how Globe audiences join in - it's like competing at an event - I love it. ”
I like all sorts of art, that's why I love wandering around The National Gallery. ”