William Shakespeare Quotes About Excellence

• Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Excellence, Has Beens

  William Shakespeare, George Somers Bellamy (1875). “The New Shaksperian Dictionary of Quotations: (With Marginal Classification and Reference.)”, p.3

• Thyself and thy belongings
  Are not thine own so proper, as to waste
  Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee.
  Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,
  Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues
  Did not go forth of us 't were all alike
  As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd
  But to fine issues; nor Nature never lends
  The smallest scruple of her excellence,
  But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines
  Herself the glory of a creditor -
  Both thanks and use.

  William Shakespeare

  Light, Issues, Heaven

  William Shakespeare (1842). “The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: Merry wives of Windsor. Twelfth night. As you like it. Measure for measure”, p.383

• Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But like a thrifty goddess she determines Herself the glory of a creditor,Both thanks and use.

  William Shakespeare

  Issues, Excellence, Use

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.1845, BookCaps Study Guides

• Then to Silvia let us sing that Silvia is excelling. She excels each mortal thing upon the dull earth dwelling.

  William Shakespeare

  Dwelling, Excellence, Earth

  'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' (1592-3) act 4, sc. 2, l. 40

• When workmen strive to do better than well, they do confound their skill in covetousness.

  William Shakespeare

  Skills, Excellence, Strive

  William Shakespeare (1790). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators; to which are added An essay on the chronological order of his plays; an essay relative to Shakspeare and Jonson; a dissertation on the three parts of King Henry vi; an historical account of the English stage; and notes. By E. Malone. 10 vols. [in 11 pt.].”, p.529

• He is the half part of a blessed man, Left to be finished by such as she; And she a fair divided excellence, Whose fullness of perfection lies in him.

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Wedding, Lying

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.323

• Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose, Working so grossly in a natural cause That admiration did not whoop at them; But thou, 'gainst all proportion, didst bring in Wonder to wait on treason and on murder; And whatsoever cunning fiend it was That wrought upon thee so preposterously Hath got the voice in hell for excellence.

  William Shakespeare

  Two, Voice, Waiting

  William Shakespeare (1995). “King Henry V: Third Series”, p.174, Cengage Learning EMEA

• Still constant is a wondrous excellence.

  William Shakespeare

  Excellence, Constant, Stills

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