William Shakespeare Quotes About Heart

• A light heart lives long.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Motivational, Funny Love

  'Love's Labour's Lost' (1595) act 5, sc. 2, l. 15

• O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!

  William Shakespeare

  Happiness, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

  1592 Henry of Queen Margaret. Henry VI PartTwo, act1, sc.1, l.19-20.

• Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, did my heart fly at your service

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Heart, Soul

  William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.12

• A good heart is the sun and the moon; or, rather, the sun and not the moon, for it shines bright and never changes.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Moon, Shine Bright

  William Shakespeare, J. M. Jephson (1866). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.466

• False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Heart, Lady Macbeth

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 82

• My heart is ever at your service.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Marriage, Heart

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.606

• The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Venice, Apples

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 3, l. [99]

• Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.

  William Shakespeare

  Grief, Heart, Sadness

• With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. And let my liver rather heat with wine, than my heart cool with mortifying groans.

  William Shakespeare

  Laughter, Heart, Wine

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1805). “The plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators”, p.315

• My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, nor to be seen: my crown is called content, a crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Heart, Contentment

  William Shakespeare, Michael Hattaway (1993). “The Third Part of King Henry VI”, p.131, Cambridge University Press

• To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing end them: to die, to sleep No more; and by a sleep, to say we end The Heart-ache, and the thousand Natural shocks That Flesh is heir to? 'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die to sleep, To sleep, perchance to Dream; Aye, there's the rub.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Suicide, Dream

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

• A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Running, Heart

  1597-8 Mistress Quickly.TheMerryWives ofWindsor, act 3, sc.4, l.101-2.

• A heavy heart bears not a nimble tongue.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Tongue, Nimble

  William Shakespeare (2004). “Love's Labour's Lost (Sparklesoup Classics)”, p.74, Sparklesoup LLC

• A good leg will fall; a straight back will stoop; a black beard will turn white; a curl'd pate will grow bald; a fair face will wither; a full eye will wax hollow: but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon; or, rather, the sun, and not the moon, — for it shines bright, and never changes, but keeps his course truly.

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Heart, Eye

  "William Shakespeare: The Complete Works".

• My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Anger, Heart

  William Shakespeare, Brian Morris (1981). “The Taming of the Shrew: Second Series”, p.123, Cengage Learning EMEA

• Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Courage, Heart

  William Shakespeare, Roma Gill (2004). “Macbeth”, p.35, Oxford University Press, USA

• O horror! Horror! Horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee!

  William Shakespeare

  Halloween, Heart, Kids

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.122

• He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing. Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, And therefore are they very dangerous.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Men, Play

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. 197

• Music can minister to minds diseased, pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, raze out the written troubles of the brain, and with its sweet oblivious antidote, cleanse the full bosom of all perilous stuff that weighs upon the heart.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Memories, Inspiration

• Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Heart, Eye

  William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.116, Classic Books Company

• Were I the Moor I would not be Iago. In following him I follow but myself; Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, But seeming so for my peculiar end. For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart In compliment extern, ’tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at. I am not what I am

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Long, Judging

  1603-4 Iago. Othello, act1, sc.1, l.60-5.

• Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand,Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.

  William Shakespeare

  Revenge, Heart, Blood

  1592 Aaron toTamora.Titus Andronicus, act 2, sc.3, l.38-9.

• The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Rain, Heart

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. [182]

• O serpent heart hid with a flowering face! Did ever a dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant, feind angelical, dove feather raven, wolvish-ravening lamb! Despised substance of devinest show, just opposite to what thou justly seemest - A dammed saint, an honourable villain!

  William Shakespeare

  Beautiful, Heart, Dragons

• Thine eyes I love, and they as pitying me, Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain, Have put on black, and loving mourners be, Looking with pretty ruth upon my pain.

  William Shakespeare

  Sad, Pain, Heart

  William Shakespeare (1858). “Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems”, p.648

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