sentence (n.)
maxim, wise saying, precept
AW I.iii.74[Clown to Countess, singing of Helen of Troy] she ... gave this sentence
E3 II.i.411[Warwick to Countess] Thus have I ... / Apparelled sin in virtuous sentences
Luc.244[Tarquin to himself] Who fears a sentence or an old man's saw / Shall by a painted cloth be kept in awe
MA II.iii.233[Benedick alone] Shall quips and sentences ... awe a man from the career of his humour?
MV I.ii.10[Portia to Nerissa, of her words] Good sentences, and well pronounced
Oth I.iii.214[Brabantio to all] These sentences, to sugar or to gall / Being strong on both sides, are equivocal
RJ II.iii.75[Friar to Romeo] Pronounce this sentence then: / Women may fall when there's no strength in men
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