Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft m… - William Shakespeare

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Our doubts are traitors,
and make us lose the good we oft might win,
by fearing to attempt.

William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure · July 1, 2005 Verified in 2 sources · 1 more available Sign up to see the complete provenance

doubt cowardice self-doubt resolve

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William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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Also Known As: The Bard of Avon

Alternative Names: The Bard • Swan of Avon • Bard of Avon • Shakespeare • William Shakspere • Shakespere • Shakespear • Shakspeare • Shackspeare • Shakspere • William Shakspeare • William Shake‐speare • William Shak‐ſpeare • William Shake-speare • William Shak-ſpeare

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The love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we thank as love.

O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art as glorious to this night, being o'er my head, as is a winged messenger of heaven
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I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap, and be buried in thy
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Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. - William Shakespeare

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