William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 25

• Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
  Brags of his substance, not of ornament:
  They are but beggars that can count their worth;
  But my true love is grown to such excess,
  I cannot sum up half my sum of wealth.

  William Shakespeare

  Conceited, Substance, Matter

  "Romeo et Juliette: tragédie".

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• These violent delights have violent ends.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Romeo And Juliet Love, Delight

  1595 Friar Laurence. Romeo andJuliet, act 2, sc.5, l.9.

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• A young man married is a man that's marred.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Marriage, Men

  'All's Well that Ends Well' (1603-4) act 2, sc. 3, l. [315]

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• Love like a shadow flies when substance love pursues Pursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues.

  William Shakespeare

  Flying, Shadow, Substance

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie (1805). “The plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators”, p.71

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• Adieu! I have too grieved a heart to take a tedious leave.

  William Shakespeare

  Goodbye, Farewell, Heart

  William Shakespeare (1867). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.190

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• Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.

  William Shakespeare

  Wave, Ends, Minutes

  Sonnet 60

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• I am not prone to weeping as our sex commonly are; the want of which vain dew perchance shall dry your pities;
  but I have that honorable grief lodged here which burns worse than tears drown.

  William Shakespeare

  Sex, Women, Grief

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

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• Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
  Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd,
  Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,
  Be thy intents wicked, or charitable,
  Thou com'st in such a questionable shape,
  That I will speak to thee.

  William Shakespeare

  Angel, Air, Heaven

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 4, l. 39

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• This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-Paradise.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Precious Stones, Paradise On Earth

  'Richard II' (1595) act 2, sc. 1, l. 40

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• Poise the cause in justice's equal scales,
  Whose beam stands sure, whose rightful cause prevails.

  William Shakespeare

  Justice, Causes, Beam

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Rann (1791). “The dramatic works of Shakspeare: in six volumes”, p.256

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• What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.

  William Shakespeare

  Beauty, Moving, Angel

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [316]

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• Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!

  William Shakespeare

  Love, True Beauty, Torches

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 1, sc. 5, l. [48]

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• You are strangely troublesome.

  William Shakespeare

  Sassy, Troublesome

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.3260, Oxford University Press

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• O for a horse with wings!

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Wings

  'Cymbeline' (1609-10) act 3, sc. 2, l. [49]

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• The small amount of foolery wise men have makes a great show.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Men, Foolery

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• I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.

  William Shakespeare

  Dream, Past, Men

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 4, sc. 1, l. [211]

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• A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Running, Heart

  1597-8 Mistress Quickly.TheMerryWives ofWindsor, act 3, sc.4, l.101-2.

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• Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.

  William Shakespeare

  Grief, Heart, Sadness

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• Give me a bowl of wine,
  In this I bury all unkindness.

  William Shakespeare

  Wine, Giving, Bacchus

  William Shakespeare (1834). “School-Shakspeare; Or, Plays and Scenes from Shakspeare ...: With Glossarial Notes, Selected from the Best Annotators”, p.488

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• The worm is not to be trusted.

  William Shakespeare

  Worms, Trusted

  William Shakespeare (1994). “The Tragedy of Anthony and Cleopatra”, p.318, Oxford University Press, USA

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• You lack the season of all natures, sleep.

  William Shakespeare

  Sleep, Insomnia, Macbeth Theme

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 4, l. 141

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• If by chance I talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father.

  William Shakespeare

  Father, Forgive Me, Forgiving

  'Henry VIII' (1613) act 1, sc. 4, l. 26

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• You told a lie, an odious damned lie; Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Soul, Wicked

  BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2011). “Othello Retold In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, p.339, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Give me a staff of honor for mine age,
  But not a sceptre to control the world.

  William Shakespeare

  Retirement, Power, Giving

  William Shakespeare (1853). “The works of William Shakespeare: comprising his dramatic and poetical works, complete”, p.784

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• I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Oysters, May

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.57

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