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

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

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  • Created Aug 23, 2011 in Literature
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