William Shakespeare Quotes About Opinions

• There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [259]

• I praise God for you, sir: your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, audacious without impudency, learned without opinion, and strange with-out heresy.

  William Shakespeare

  Witty, Learning, Dinner

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson (1765). “The Plays of William Shakespeare in Eight Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are Added Notes by Sam Johnson”, p.181

• Of all the fair resort of gentlemen
  That every day with parle encounter me,
  In thy opinion which is worthiest love?

  William Shakespeare

  Gentleman, Encounters, Opinion

  William Shakespeare (1857). “The Complete Works of Shakspeare, Revised from the Best Authorities : with a Memoir, and Essay on His Genius”, p.43

• If I for my opinion bleed, opinion shall be surgeon to my hurt, and keep me on the side where still I am.

  William Shakespeare

  Hurt, Sides, Opinion

  William Shakespeare (1841). “Dramatic works: from copy left by George Steevens with glossary and notes, and sketch of the life of Shakespeare”, p.11

• Opinion crowns with an imperial voice.

  William Shakespeare

  Voice, Crowns, Opinion

  William Shakespeare (1853). “The Plays of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Old Copies, and by the Recently Discovered Folio of 1632, Containing Early Manuscript Emendations”, p.556

• Opinion, a sovereign mistress of effects.

  William Shakespeare

  Mistress, Sovereign, Opinion

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Mr. Theobald (Lewis) (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.271

• Weed your better judgments of all opinion that grows rank in them.

  William Shakespeare

  Weed, Opinion, Judgment

  William Shakespeare (1853). “The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy, delineations of character [&c.] with notes and scriptural references [compiled] by T. Price”, p.33

• I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.

  William Shakespeare

  People, Lady Macbeth, Golden

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 31

• Opinion's but a fool, that makes us scan
  The outward habit by the inward man.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Inward, Fool

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, Isaac Reed, George Steevens (1809). “Titus Andronicus. Pericles. Glossarial index”, p.171

• Myself--a prince by fortune of my birth,
  Near to the king in blood, and near in love
  Till you did make him misinterpret me--
  Have stooped my neck under your injuries
  And sighed my English breath in foreign clouds,
  Eating the bitter bread of banishment,
  Whilst you have fed upon my signories,
  Disparked my parks and felled my forest woods,
  From my own windows torn my household coat,
  Rased out my imprese, leaving me no sign,
  Save men's opinions and my living blood,
  To show the world I am a gentleman.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Men, Blood

  William Shakespeare, Charles R. Forker (2002). “King Richard II: Third Series”, p.311, Cengage Learning EMEA

• There are a sort of men, whose visages
  Do cream and mantle, like a standing pond;
  And do a willful stillness entertain,
  With purpose to be dressed in an opinion
  Of wisdom, gravity profound conceit;
  As who should say, I am sir Oracle,
  And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!

  William Shakespeare

  Wisdom, Dog, Men

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 88

• But fish not with this melancholy bait
  For this fool gudgeon, this opinion.

  William Shakespeare

  Fool, Bait, Opinion

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 101

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