William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 10

• Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

  William Shakespeare

  Writing, Crafts, Suits

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [19]

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• Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

  William Shakespeare

  Success, Mind, Mars

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• Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

  William Shakespeare

  God, Ignorance, Knowledge

  William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.521

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• Sweet are the uses of adversity

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Sports, Sweet

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 1, l. 12

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• Love comforteth like sunshine after rain,
  But Lust's effect is tempest after sun;
  Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain,
  Lust's winter comes ere summer half be done;
  Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies;
  Love is all truth, Lust full of forged lies.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Summer, Spring

  William Shakespeare (1826). “The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare”, p.43

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• Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Best Friend, Family

  William Shakespeare, Thomas PRICE (Late Chaplain in H.M. Convict Establishment at Woolwich.) (1839). “The Wisdom and Genius of Shakspeare; comprising moral philosophy, delineations of character, paintings of nature and the passions, and miscellaneous pieces ... With ... notes, and Scriptural references ... by the Rev. T. Price”, p.394

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• Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Wise, Adversity

  William Shakespeare, Michael Hattaway (1993). “The Third Part of King Henry VI”, p.129, Cambridge University Press

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• Time's the king of men; he's both their parent, and he is their grave, and gives them what he will, not what they crave.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Kings, Men

  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.531

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• Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Loving Someone, Waste

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• She's beautiful, and therefore to be wooed; She is a woman, therefore to be won.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Beauty, Beautiful

  'Henry VI, Part 1' (1592) act 5, sc. 3, l. 78.

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• You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Romantic, Age

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• It is a sin to be a mocker.

  William Shakespeare

  Sin, Burlesque

  William Shakespeare (1750). “The Merchant of Venice”, p.11

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• Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.

  William Shakespeare

  Fear, Worry, Lady Macbeth

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 3, l. 130

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• You are not worth the dust which the rude wind Blows in your face.

  William Shakespeare

  Blow, Dust, Wind

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 4, sc. 2, l. 30

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• Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Epic Poems, Voice

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Life, Family

  1601 Olivia.Twelfth Night, act 3, sc.1, l.154.

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• Make use of time, let not advantage slip.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Life, Time

  1593 Venus and Adonis, stanza 22, l.129-32.

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• God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

  William Shakespeare

  God, Fake People, Being Yourself

  William Shakespeare, Nick De Somogyi (2001). “Hamlet: The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke : the First Folio of 1623 and a Parallel Modern Edition”, p.106, Nick Hern Books

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• Time does not have the same appeal for every one

  William Shakespeare

  Doe, Appeals

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• The object of Art is to give life a shape.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Art, Giving

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• Confusion now hath made his masterpiece.

  William Shakespeare

  Confused, Confusion, Emotion

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 3, l. [72]

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• It is the disease of not listening......
  that I am troubled with.

  William Shakespeare

  Listening, Disease

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• He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

  William Shakespeare

  Fashion, Memorable, Hats

  1598 Beatrice, of Benedick. Much AdoAbout Nothing, act1, sc.1, l.71-3.

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• Love runs away from those chasing her, and those who run away, she throws herself on his neck.

  William Shakespeare

  Running, Necks, Running Away

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• Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Money, Important

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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