William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 19

• 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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• If I be waspish, best beware my sting.

  William Shakespeare

  Halloween, Ifs

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1806). “The plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators”, p.190

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• I am wrapped in dismal thinking.

  William Shakespeare

  Thinking, Ennui

  Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, William Harvey, William Shakespeare (1831). “Tales from Shakspeare: designed for the use of young persons”, p.194

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• In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorial Day, Peace, War

  'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 1

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• There is no such sport as sport by sport o'erthrown.

  William Shakespeare

  Sports

  1594-5 Princess. Love's Labour's Lost, act 5, sc.2, l.152.

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• More fools know Jack Fool than Jack Fool knows.

  William Shakespeare

  Fool, Knows

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• The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Power, Devil

  William Shakespeare (2001). “Hamlet”, p.199, Classic Books Company

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• Love is too young to know what conscience is.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Young, Knows

  William Shakespeare, Gwynne Blakemore Evans, Anthony Hecht (1996). “The Sonnets”, p.19, Cambridge University Press

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• The art of our necessities is strange That can make vile things precious.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Strange, Lear

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. [70]

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• He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Wounds And Scars, Romeo And Juliet Love

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 1

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• A heavy heart bears not a nimble tongue.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Tongue, Nimble

  William Shakespeare (2004). “Love's Labour's Lost (Sparklesoup Classics)”, p.74, Sparklesoup LLC

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• We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.

  William Shakespeare

  Light, Lamps, Waste

  William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.60, Classic Books Company

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• Woe to that land that's governed by a child.

  William Shakespeare

  Children, Land, Politics

  1592-3 Third Citizen. Richard III, act 2, sc.3, l.11.

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• Why, I can smile and murder whiles I smile, And cry 'content' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face for all occasions

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Grieving, Tears

  William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.549

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• Your "if" is the only peacemaker; much virtue in "if.

  William Shakespeare

  Virtue, You Like It, Negotiation

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 5, sc. 4, l. [108]

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• My heart is ever at your service.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Marriage, Heart

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.606

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• Better a little chiding than a great deal of heartbreak.

  William Shakespeare

  Parenting, Criticism, Littles

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.2611, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.

  William Shakespeare

  Honesty, Men, Athens

  1605 Lucullus, of Timon.Timon of Athens, act 3, sc.1, l.27-8.

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• 'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Temptation, Tempted

  William Shakespeare (2014). “The Arden Dictionary Of Shakespeare Quotations”, p.280, A&C Black

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• If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
  To do our country loss; and if to live,
  The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
  God's will! I pray thee; wish not one man more.

  William Shakespeare

  Country, Loss, Men

  William Shakespeare (1790). “Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes”, p.531

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• All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Venice, Gold

  William Shakespeare (1805). “The Comedy of the Merchant of Venice ...”, p.57

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• When you do dance, I wish you a wave o' the sea, that you might ever do nothing but that.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Inspirational, Dance

  'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 4, sc. 3, l. 134

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• Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

  William Shakespeare

  Jade, Wince

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [255]

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• Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Boyfriend, Valentines Day

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [115]

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• The fortune of us that are the moon's men doth ebb and flow like the sea, being governed, as the sea is, by the moon.

  William Shakespeare

  Moon, Men, Sea

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.599, BookCaps Study Guides

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