Quotes from Macbeth

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Let not light see my black and deep desire

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A quote expressing hidden ambitions and desires.

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Fair is foul, and foul is fair.

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A paradoxical statement about the nature of reality and appearances.

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If you can look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow and which will not.

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A metaphor about predicting the future and potential outcomes.

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Or have we eaten on the insane root That takes the reason prisoner?

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A metaphor questioning sanity and rationality.

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What! can the devil speak true?

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An expression of disbelief and questioning truth.

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There’s daggers in men’s smiles

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A metaphor about hidden threats and deceit.

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False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

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A statement about deception and hiding true intentions.

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Is this a dagger which I see before me

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A hallucination symbolizing guilt and temptation.

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Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand?

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A metaphor about guilt and the impossibility of escaping it.

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Out, out brief candle!

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A metaphor for the fleeting nature of life.