Can you name the source of each famous quote below—whether or not it is from Shakespeare?

Famous Quote	S or N?	Source
What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?		Christopher Marlowe _{(Edward the Second)}
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Where are all the good men dead? In the heart, or in the head?
No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.		John Donne _{(No Man Is an Island)}
Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.		John Milton _{(Paradise Lost)}
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty'—that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.		John Keats _{(Ode on a Grecian Urn)}
'Tis absence, however, that makes the heart grow fonder.
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive!		Sir Walter Scott _(Marmion)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.		Margaret Wolfe Hungerford _{(Molly Bawn)}
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.		William Congreve _{(The Mourning Bride)}
From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.		Herman Melville _{(Moby Dick)}
A fool and his money is soon parted.
Their's not to reason why, their's but to do and die.
For ye suffer fooles gladly, seeing ye your selves are wise.		King James Bible _{(2 Corinthians 11:19)}
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.		Alfred Lord Tennyson _{(In Memoriam)}

Famous Quote	S or N?	Source
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.		The Tempest
Lord, what fools these mortals be!		A Midsummer Night's Dream
We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.		The Tempest
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child.		King Lear
Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.		Romeo and Juliet
'Tis the sport to have the enginer hoist with his own petard.		Hamlet
Some are born great; some achieve greatness; and some have greatness thrust upon them.		Twelfth Night
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.		Hamlet
All that glisters is not gold.		The Merchant of Venice
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.		Julius Caesar
The Devil can cite scripture for his purpose.		The Merchant of Venice
Then must you speak of one that loved not wisely but too well.		Othello
The better part of valour is discretion.		Henry IV, Part One
He will give the devil his due.		Henry IV, Part One
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.		Henry IV, Part Two
What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?	Henry IV, Part Two
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.	Henry IV, Part Two
Where are all the good men dead? In the heart, or in the head?	Henry IV, Part Two
No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.	Henry IV, Part Two
Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.	Henry IV, Part Two
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty'—that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.	Henry IV, Part Two
'Tis absence, however, that makes the heart grow fonder.	Henry IV, Part Two
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive!	Henry IV, Part Two
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.	Henry IV, Part Two
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.	Henry IV, Part Two
From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.	Henry IV, Part Two
A fool and his money is soon parted.	Henry IV, Part Two
Their's not to reason why, their's but to do and die.	Henry IV, Part Two
For ye suffer fooles gladly, seeing ye your selves are wise.	Henry IV, Part Two
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.	Henry IV, Part Two
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.	Henry IV, Part Two
Lord, what fools these mortals be!	Henry IV, Part Two
We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.	Henry IV, Part Two
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child.	Henry IV, Part Two
Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.	Henry IV, Part Two
'Tis the sport to have the enginer hoist with his own petard.	Henry IV, Part Two
Some are born great; some achieve greatness; and some have greatness thrust upon them.	Henry IV, Part Two
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.	Henry IV, Part Two
All that glisters is not gold.	Henry IV, Part Two
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.	Henry IV, Part Two
The Devil can cite scripture for his purpose.	Henry IV, Part Two
Then must you speak of one that loved not wisely but too well.	Henry IV, Part Two
The better part of valour is discretion.	Henry IV, Part Two
He will give the devil his due.	Henry IV, Part Two
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.	Henry IV, Part Two

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...But Is It Shakespeare? Quiz

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	climber_v12:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 16:09 GMT	4 points
	Some of this was quite surprising. Goes to show how much I know Shakespeare. :\|

	JustANiceGuy:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 17:57 GMT	3 points
	That was my worst Sporcle score ever. Guess I don't know Shakespeare. Very interesting to learn the sources of these quotes though.

	davebesag:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 18:07 GMT	7 points
	I thought 'that's not Shakespeare, that's Khan!' Oops, perhaps Star Trek didn't invent it even if it wasn't by the bard.

	dashoff:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 18:20 GMT	3 points
	Finally, watching the movie Clue one million times has paid off.

	Tommy_C:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 19:03 GMT	3 points
	Wow, barely beat random. I am somewhat comforted by how poorly the rest of Sporcledom did. Very interesting, though.

	HelloPossum:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 19:42 GMT	8 points
	"Their's"??? Ack.

	euph777:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 19:55 GMT	4 points
	got 22/30, not sure how...

	WyvernSabres:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 20:05 GMT	5 points
	My thinking too, HelloPossum: I presume Lord Tennyson would be able to write "theirs" correctly. Still, a really great selection of quotations and a fantastic quiz!

	object_holder:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 20:26 GMT	5 points
	Tennyson actually did write "their's," according to this article in the Economist: http://www.economist.com/node/1056600

	appa_azkaban:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 20:47 GMT	4 points
	12/30, not even half. I wasn't expecting much, so I don't mind

	TJL:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 20:58 GMT	3 points
	Very heavy on the Henry IV. Luckily, it just so happens that I'm in the middle of that now

	cuttywise:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 22:14 GMT	3 points
	Seems to me a great many sporclers need to read Moby Dick already.

	idledandy:	Sep 9th, 2011 at 01:40 GMT	3 points
	I can't believe "from Hell's heart" is the least-guessed answer. I would have thought all the Star Trek fans knew where that was from.

	yearsofsilence:	Sep 9th, 2011 at 06:47 GMT	2 points
	17/30, I beat half!! So glad to see this up, it was a nice challenge, shows me that I need to get back to reading Shakespeare!

	random_cloud:	Sep 9th, 2011 at 07:24 GMT	5 points
	i just pressed N for every answer and got 50% ....

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	photomill:	Sep 9th, 2011 at 19:06 GMT	3 points
	@thehypo it is, in fact, correct! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_that_glitters_is_not_gold

	nayt88:	Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:40 GMT	0 points
	I felt a little gypped(sp?) on the grosse point blank answer. It was adapted Shakespeare. Oh well. 14 out of 30. I guess it's been a while since high school lit class.