William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 124

• The daintiest last, to make the end most sweet.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Lasts, Pleasure

  William Shakespeare (1768). “The Works of Shakespear: The comedy of errors. The winter's tale. The life and death of King John. King Richard II”, p.260

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• What to ourselves in passion we propose, The passion ending, doth the purpose lose.

  William Shakespeare

  Passion, Purpose, Propose

  William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The Fourth Edition. Revised and Augmented (with a Glossarial Index) by the Editor of Dodsley's Collection of Old Plays”, p.192

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• An habitation giddy and unsure Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, People, Vulgar

  William Shakespeare, Mrs. Elizabeth MONTAGU (1772). “An Essay on the writings and genius of Shakespeare. By Mrs. Montagu. ... Second edition”, p.61

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• Prosperity's the very bond of love, Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together Affliction alters.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Together, Affliction

  'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 4, sc. 3, l. [586]

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• The eagle suffers little birds to sing.

  William Shakespeare

  Power, Eagles, Bird

  1592 Tamora to Saturninus.Titus Andronicus, act 4, sc.4, l.83-6.

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• That in the captains but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.

  William Shakespeare

  Soldier, Captains, Measure For Measure

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 2, sc. 2, l. 130

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• Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Crowns, Temples

  'Richard II' (1595) act 3, sc. 2, l. 155

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• Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures.

  William Shakespeare

  Rumor, Conjecture, Pipe

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) induction, l. 15

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• Rumour doth double, like the voice and echo, The numbers of the feared.

  William Shakespeare

  Echoes, Voice, Numbers

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.398

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• I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Silence, Saying Nothing

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

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• Slander lives upon succession, For ever housed where it gets possession.

  William Shakespeare

  Slander, Possession, Succession

  William Shakespeare, John Glover (of Cambridge?.) (1863). “The Works of William Shakespeare: The tempest. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measure. The comedy of errors”, p.424

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• It is great To do that thing that ends all other deeds, Which shackles accidents and bolts up change.

  William Shakespeare

  Suicide, Deeds, Ends

  'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 5, sc. 2, l. 1

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• Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.

  William Shakespeare

  Light, Boat, Sail

  William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier (1858). “King Henry VI, part 2. King Henry VI, part 3. King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Coriolanus”, p.525

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• He was ever precise in promise-keeping.

  William Shakespeare

  Promise, Kept Promises, Promises That Are Broken

  William Shakespeare, Brian Gibbons (1991). “Measure for Measure”, p.87, Cambridge University Press

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• Being of no power to make his wishes good: His promises fly so beyond his state That what he speaks is all in debt; he owes For every word.

  William Shakespeare

  Promise, Wish, Debt

  William Shakespeare, John Britton, Samuel Johnson, Charles Whittingham (1813). “The dramatic works of William Shakspeare”

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• Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But like a thrifty goddess she determines Herself the glory of a creditor,Both thanks and use.

  William Shakespeare

  Issues, Excellence, Use

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.1845, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Macbeth to Witches: What are these So wither'd and so wild in their attire, That look not like th' inhabitants o' th' earth, And yet are on 't?

  William Shakespeare

  Looks, Earth, Witch

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• Alas, how love can trifle with itself!

  William Shakespeare

  Trifles, Alas

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.34

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• Do not plunge thyself too far in anger.

  William Shakespeare

  Anger, Plunge, Thyself

  William Shakespeare (1767). “The Works of Shakespeare: in Eight Volumes”, p.41

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• Read o'er this And after, this, and then to breakfast with What appetite you have.

  William Shakespeare

  Breakfast, Appetite

  'Henry VIII' (1613) act 3, sc. 2, l. 203

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• Who riseth from a feast With that keen appetite that he sits down?

  William Shakespeare

  Food, Cooking, Culinary

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.6021, BookCaps Study Guides

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• When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me Water with berries in't; and teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less, That burn by day and night; and then I loved thee And showed thee all the qualities o' th' isle, The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile.

  William Shakespeare

  Spring, Night, Light

  William Shakespeare (1998). “Four Late Plays”, p.357, Wordsworth Editions

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• My lord, they say five moons were seen to-night-- Four fixed, and the fifth did whirl about The other four in wondrous motion.

  William Shakespeare

  Moon, Night, Four

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.117, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Shall remain! Hear you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you His absolute 'shall'?

  William Shakespeare

  Authority, Mark, Minnows

  'Coriolanus' (1608) act 3, sc. 1, l. 88

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• Thus can the demigod Authority Make us pay down for our offense by weight The words of heaven; on whom it will, it will, On whom it will not, so: yet still 'tis just.

  William Shakespeare

  Heaven, Weight, Pay

  William Shakespeare (2000). “Measure for Measure”, p.42, Penguin

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