Only For Cynics
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
–Timon of Athens,
Act III, Scene vi

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
–Timon of Athens,
Act III, Scene vi

Lechery, lechery; still, wars and lechery:
nothing else holds fashion.
—Troilus and Cressida,
Act V, Scene ii

Throw physic to the dogs; I’ll none of it.
–Macbeth,
Act V, Scene iii

For vice repeated is like the wandering wind.
Blows dust in other’s eyes, to spread itself…
–Pericles,
Act I, Scene i

Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
— Pericles,
Act I Scene iv

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
— Macbeth,
Act III, Scene ii

Opinion’s but a fool that makes us scan
The outward habit for the inward man.
–Pericles,
Act II, Scene ii