William Shakespeare Quotes About Soul

• The Eyes are the window to your soul

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Soul, Window
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  My soul is in the sky.

  William Shakespeare

  Faith, Sky, Flying

  William Shakespeare (2013). “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, p.178, Callisto Media Inc

• You told a lie, an odious damned lie; Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Soul, Wicked

  BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2011). “Othello Retold In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, p.339, BookCaps Study Guides

• 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

• 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]

• My grief lies all within,
  And these external manners of lament
  Are merely shadows to the unseen grief
  That swells with silence in the tortured soul.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Grief, Silence

  William Shakespeare, Charles R. Forker (2002). “King Richard II: Third Series”, p.410, Cengage Learning EMEA

• Every subject's duty is the Kings, but every subject's soul is his own.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Freedom, Soul

  'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 1, l. [189]

• Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.

  William Shakespeare

  Character, Men, Jewels

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 155

• Love does not see with the eyes, but with the soul.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Soul, Doe

• Thus die I, thus, thus, thus. Now am I dead, Now am I fled; My soul is in the sky: Tongue, lose thy light; Moon take thy flight. Now die, die, die, die, die.

  William Shakespeare

  Moon, Light, Sky

  "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

• I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good Friends

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Being Happy, Real Friends

  'Richard II' (1595) act 2, sc. 3, l. 46

• Lords, I protest my soul is full of woe
  That blood should sprinkle me to make me grow.
  Come, mourn with me for what I do lament,
  And put sullen black incontinent.
  I'll make a voyage to the Holy Land
  To wash this blood off from my guilty hand.
  March sadly after. Grace my mournings here
  In weeping after this untimely bier.

  William Shakespeare

  Book, Blood, Hands

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.336, BookCaps Study Guides

• If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Integrity, Offending

  William Shakespeare, Oliver William Bourn Peabody, John Payne Collier, Samuel Weller Singer, Charles Symmons (1839). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI, pts. 1-3”, p.189

• Good name in man and woman is the immediate jewel of their souls.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Jewels, Names

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 155

• Say as you think and speak it from your souls.

  William Shakespeare

  Thinking, Soul, Speak

  William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.487

• Brevity is the soul of wit.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Attitude, Communication

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. 90

• I have a kind soul that would give you thanks. And knows not how to do it but with tears.

  William Shakespeare

  Sympathy, Condolences, Giving

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.166, BookCaps Study Guides

• Is it not strange, that sheep's guts should hale souls out of men's bodies!

  William Shakespeare

  Music, Men, Sheep

  "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and Poetical Works".

• There is no creature loves me;
  And if I die, no soul will pity me.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Soul, Despair

  'Richard III' (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 201

• I stalk about her door, like a strange soul upon the Stygian banks staying for waftage.

  William Shakespeare

  Doors, Soul, Strange

  William Shakespeare, Thomas Bowdler (1853). “The Family Shakspeare: In which Nothing is Added to the Original Text, But Those Words and Expressions are Omitted which Cannot with Propriety be Read Aloud in a Family”, p.48

• Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed The dear repose for limbs with travel tired; But then begins a journey in my head To work my mind, when body's work's expir'd: For then my thoughts-from far where I abide- Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee, And keep my drooping eyelids open wide, Looking on darkness which the blind do see: Save that my soul's imaginary sight Presents thy shadow to my sightless view, Which, like a jewel hung in ghastly night, Makes black night beauteous and her old face new. Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind, For thee, and for myself no quiet find.

  William Shakespeare

  Tired, Night, Journey

  Sonnet 27

• Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Knowledge, Soul

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.88

• Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Cancer, Believe

  William Shakespeare, Ronald Knowles (1999). “King Henry VI Part 2: Third Series”, p.201, Cengage Learning EMEA

• I shall despair. There is no creature loves me;
  And if I die no soul will pity me:
  And wherefore should they, since that I myself
  Find in myself no pity to myself?

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Soul, Despair

  'Richard III' (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 201

• I have unclasp'd to thee the book even of my secret soul.

  William Shakespeare

  Book, Soul, Secret

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.62

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