William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 18

• Do not for one repulse, forego the purpose
  That you resolved to effect.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Healing, Purpose

  "The Oracles of Shakespeare: with a Selection of Aphorisms".

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• There is Throats to be cut, and Works to be done.

  William Shakespeare

  Cutting, Done, Throat

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough (1790). “Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes”, p.1670

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• How is it that the clouds still hang on you?

  William Shakespeare

  Clouds, Hamlet And Ophelia, Stills

  William Shakespeare (1820). “Select plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections & illustrations of various commentators”, p.24

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• Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
  Her infinite variety.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Age, Infinite

  'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 2, sc. 2, l. [243]

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• Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Food, Taste

  'Richard II' (1595) act 1, sc. 3, l. 236

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• It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Death, Play

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Wish, Tongue

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Much Ado About Nothing Simplified!: Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling”, p.80, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Good morning to you, fair and gracious daughter.

  William Shakespeare

  Daughter, Morning, Fairness

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Measure for Measure! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelli”, p.195, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter!

  William Shakespeare

  Sassy, Letters, Unnecessary

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 2, sc. 2, l. [68]

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• 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]

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• 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

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• The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Carpe Diem, Imagination Creativity

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 5, sc. 1, l. 7

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• Blind is his love, and best befits the dark.

  William Shakespeare

  Dark, His Love, Juliet

  "The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works".

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• Verily, I swear, it is better to be lowly born, and range with humble livers in content, than to be perked up in a glistering grief, and wear a golden sorrow.

  William Shakespeare

  Grief, Humble, Sorrow

  William Shakespeare, John Fletcher (2000). “King Henry VIII: Third Series”, p.291, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Romantic, Valentines Day

  William Shakespeare, James N. Loehlin (2002). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.98, Cambridge University Press

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• There was a star danced, and under that was I born.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Birthday, Dance

  'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 2, sc. 1, l. [348]

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• Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain.

  William Shakespeare

  Spring, Gentle, Spring Love

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.59

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• Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Agents, Negotiation

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.41

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• Love hath made thee a tame snake

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Snakes, Made

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1805). “As you like it. All's well that ends well”, p.119

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• Ingratitude is monstrous.

  William Shakespeare

  Gratitude, Inspirational Christmas, Monstrous

  William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1872). “Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible Passages, Illustrative of the Various Passions, Affections and Emotions of the Human Mind”, p.182

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• Who soars too near the sun, with golden wings, melts them.

  William Shakespeare

  Ambition, Wings, Golden

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, William Hazlitt (1852). “The Works of William Shakspeare”, p.190

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• The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.

  William Shakespeare

  Music, Sweet, Men

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 5, sc. 1, l. 79

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• Of all the flowers, me thinks a rose is best.

  William Shakespeare

  Flower, Thinking, Rose

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• There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out.

  William Shakespeare

  Heaven, Important Macbeth, Macbeth Sleep

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 1, l. 4

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• O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!

  William Shakespeare

  Brave New World, People, Wonder

  'The Tempest' (1611) act 5, sc. 1, l. 182

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