William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 117

• My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, and till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, for then she never looks upon her lure.

  William Shakespeare

  Looks, Taming Of The Shrew, Empty

  William Shakespeare, Harold James Oliver (1999). “The Taming of the Shrew”, p.186, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The will is deaf and hears no heedful friends.

  William Shakespeare

  Deaf

  William Shakespeare, Warne Routledge (and Routledge (Londres)), William Hazlitt (1864). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed with Glossarial Notes, Life &c. : in Four Volumes”, p.679

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• His heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Heaven, Oracles

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.4800, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Art made tongue-tied by authority.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Censorship In Books, Censoring Books

  Sonnet 66

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• Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief.

  William Shakespeare

  Honesty, Grief, Ears

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1785). “The Plays of William Shakspeare ...”, p.541

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• How wayward is this foolish love that, like a testy babe, will scratch the nurse and presently, all humble, kiss the rod.

  William Shakespeare

  Humble, Kissing, Nurse

  'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' (1592-3) act 1, sc. 2, l. 55

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• There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind

  William Shakespeare

  Strong, Honesty, Wind

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 66

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• The plants look up to heaven, from whence they have their nourishment.

  William Shakespeare

  Flower, Heaven, Looks

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1809). “The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.139

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• For by his face straight shall you know his heart.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Faces, Knows

  Cross, William Shakespeare (1989). “William Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.119, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• Like a barber's chair that fits all buttocks.

  William Shakespeare

  Shaving, Fit, Chairs

  'All's Well that Ends Well' (1603-4) act 2, sc. 2, l. [18]

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• Farewell! a long farewell to all my greatness!

  William Shakespeare

  Farewell, Greatness, Long

  'Henry VIII' (1613) act 3, sc. 2, l. 352

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• And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!

  William Shakespeare

  Good Night, Goodnight, Angel

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 2, l. [373]

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• His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles; his love sincere, his thoughts immaculate; his tears pure messengers sent from his heart; his heart as far from fraud, as heaven from earth

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Heaven, Humanity

  William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.199, Wordsworth Editions

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• Methinks you are my glass, and not my brother: I see by you I am a sweet-faced youth.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Brother, Glasses

  William Shakespeare (1832). “Dramatic Works: From the Text of the Corrected Copies of Steevens and Malone”, p.276

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• She is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.

  William Shakespeare

  Rocks, Jewels, Sea

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.25

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• The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense.

  William Shakespeare

  Hands, Effort, Littles

  William Shakespeare (2009). “Four Tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth”, p.197, Bantam Classics

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• I am a kind of burr; I shall stick.

  William Shakespeare

  Perseverance, Sticks, Kind

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 4, sc. 3, l. [193]

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• Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck, And yet methinks I have astronomy. But not to tell of good or evil luck, Of plagues, of dearths, or season's quality; Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell ... Or say with princes if it shall go well.

  William Shakespeare

  Stars, Science, Evil

  William Shakespeare (2009). “Sonnets and Other Poems”, p.208, Palgrave Macmillan

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• As true as steel, as plantage to the moon,
  As sun to day, at turtle to her mate,
  As iron to adamant, as earth to centre.

  William Shakespeare

  Truth, Science, Moon

  William Shakespeare (2015). “Troilus and Cressida: Third Series, Revised Edition”, p.263, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Discuss unto me: art thou officer, Or art thou base, common, and popular?

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Common, Fame

  'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 1, l. 37

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• Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; My major vow lies here, this I'll obey.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Fall, Greek

  William Shakespeare (2007). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.745, Wordsworth Editions

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• In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.

  William Shakespeare

  Mother, Revenge, Names

  William Shakespeare, Michael Taylor (2004). “Henry VI, Part One”, p.212, Oxford University Press, USA

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• You great benefactors, sprinkle our society with thankfulness. For your own gifts, make yourselves praised.

  William Shakespeare

  Gratitude, Thankfulness, Sprinkles

  William Shakespeare (2013). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare In Plain and Simple English”, p.7946, BookCaps Study Guides

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• There's some ill planet reigns: I must be patient till the heavens look With an aspect more favourable.

  William Shakespeare

  Astrology, Heaven, Looks

  William Shakespeare, John Pitcher (2010). “The Winter's Tale: Third Series”, p.194, A&C Black

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• I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop.

  William Shakespeare

  Stars, Astrology, Zenith

  1611 Prospero to Miranda.The Tempest, act1, sc.2, l.182-5.

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