William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 128

• The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

  William Shakespeare

  Women, Memorable, Important

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [242]

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• Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Adversity, Jewels

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

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• Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.

  William Shakespeare

  Children, Father, Eye

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• O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.

  William Shakespeare

  Wine, Destiny, Names

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 2, sc. 3, l. [285]

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• What? do I love her, that I desire to hear her speak again, and feast upon her eyes

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Eye, Desire

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Measure for Measure! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelli”, p.113, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Oh, injurious love, that respites me a life, whose very comfort is still a dying horror

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Dying, Comfort

  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.74

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• I have pursued her, as love hath pursued me

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Pursued

  William Shakespeare, David Crane (1997). “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, p.79, Cambridge University Press

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• I love thee; none but thee, and thou deservest it

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Thee

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, Alexander Pope, Edward Capell (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Merry wives of Windsor. Troilus and Cressida”, p.123

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• Alas, that love, whose view is muffled still, Should without eyes see pathways to his will!

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Eye, Views

  William Shakespeare, James N. Loehlin (2002). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.97, Cambridge University Press

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• With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls, for stony limits cannot hold love out

  William Shakespeare

  Wall, Love You, Light

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 66

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• By Heaven, I love thee better than myself

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Heaven, Self Love

  William Shakespeare, Thomas Bowdler (1818). “The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; 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.97

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• Is it possible that love should of a sudden take such a hold?

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Taming Of The Shrew, Old Love

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.237

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• I love thee, and it is my love that speaks

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Speak, Thee

  William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1825). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Measure for measure ; Love's labour's lost ; Merchant of Venice”, p.200

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• Thou ever young, fresh, lov'd, and delicate wooer, whose blush doth thaw the consecrated snow

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Snow, Young

  William Shakespeare (1813). “Timon of Athens; Othello”

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• O, spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou!

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Love You, Spirit

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 1, sc. 1, l. 1

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• To be in love, where scorn is bought with groans; coy looks, with heart-sore sighs; one fading moment's mirth

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Heart, Looks

  William Shakespeare (1839). “The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere: Comedies / ... Shakspere”, p.19

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• Sweet love! Sweet lines! Sweet life! Here is her hand, the agent of her heart; Here is her oath for love, her honour's pawn

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Love You, Heart

  BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2012). “The Two Gentlemen of Verona in Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation)”, p.44, BookCaps Study Guides

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• I have lov'd her ever since I saw her; and still I see her beautiful

  William Shakespeare

  Beautiful, Love You, Saws

  William Shakespeare, afterwards HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS HALLIWELL (James Orchard) (1854). “The Comedies of William Shakespeare: Edited with Introductions and Notes ... by J. O. Halliwell, Esq. Reprinted from the American Edition”, p.52

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• For love, thou know'st, is full of jealousy

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Knows

  1590-1 Valentine.TheTwo Gentlemen ofVerona, act 2, sc.4, l.175.

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• My love is thaw'd; Which, like a waxen image 'gainst a fire, bears no impression of the thing it was

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Love Is, Fire

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.55

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• The quality of mercy is not strained

  William Shakespeare

  Mercy Of God, Gentle Rain, Venice

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. [182]

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• Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To digg the dust encloased heare! Blest be the man that spares thes stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Jesus, Tombstone

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• For grief is crowned with consolation.

  William Shakespeare

  Sympathy, Condolences, Grief

  "Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare, Act I, scene 2, line 173, 1600s.

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• Thanks, sir; all the rest is mute.

  William Shakespeare

  Sympathy, Thank You, Teacher

  William Shakespeare (1772). “The Works of Shakespeare in Twelve Volumes: Collated with the Oldest Copies and Corrected: with Notes Explanatory and Critical”, p.246

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• What we determine we often break. Purpose is but the slave to memory.

  William Shakespeare

  Determination, Memories, Purpose

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