William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 5

• Let the sap of reason quench the fire of passion.

  William Shakespeare

  Passion, Fire, Sap

  William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft (1812). “Aphorisms from Shakespeare”, p.25

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• So may he rest, his faults lie gently on him!

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Memorable, Faults

  'Henry VIII' (1613) act 4, sc. 2, l. 31

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• Prepare for mirth, for mirth becomes a feast.

  William Shakespeare

  Happiness, Laughter, Laughing

  William Shakespeare, John Glover (of Cambridge?) (1866). “The Works of William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra. Cynbeline. Pericles. Poems”, p.345

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• Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Hope, New Year

  William Shakespeare (1998). “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, p.88, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Love adds a precious seeing to the eye.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Husband, Eye

  'Love's Labour's Lost' (1595) act 4, sc. 3, l. [327]

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• Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.

  William Shakespeare

  Summer, Spring, Wind

  Sonnet 18

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• Nature teaches beasts to know their friends.

  William Shakespeare

  Animal, Pet, Welfare

  1608 Sicinius. Coriolanus, act 2, sc.1, l.6.

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• A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

  William Shakespeare

  Risk, Bold Actions, Virtue

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 3, sc. 1, l. [214]

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• Grief makes one hour ten.

  William Shakespeare

  Grief, Losing A Loved One, Grieving

  William Shakespeare, George Somers Bellamy (1875). “The New Shaksperian Dictionary of Quotations: (With Marginal Classification and Reference.)”, p.77

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• Every man has a bag hanging before him, in which he puts his neighbour's faults, and another behind him in which he stows his own.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Bags, Faults

  William Shakespeare (1969). “Coriolanus”, p.172, CUP Archive

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• Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Success, Fear

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes”, p.35

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• I will not choose what many men desire, Because I will not jump with common spirits And rank me with the barbarous multitudes.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Desire, Spirit

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 2, sc. 9, l. 25

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• Profit is a blessing, if it's not stolen.

  William Shakespeare

  Blessing, Stolen, Profit

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• Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Stars, Fate

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. 134

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• I love thee, I love thee with a love that shall not die. Till the sun grows cold and the stars grow old.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Romantic, Stars

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• I am a foe to tyrants, and my country's friend.

  William Shakespeare

  Country, 4th Of July, Tyrants

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Julius Caesar! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.213, BookCaps Study Guides

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• When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

  William Shakespeare

  Fathers Day, Dad, Son

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• Are you sure/That we are awake? It seems to me/That yet we sleep, we dream

  William Shakespeare

  Good Night, Dream, Halloween

  William Shakespeare, Terri Bourus, Peter Holland (2006). “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, p.177, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• Love is like a child, That longs for everything it can come by

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Children, Love You

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• What is done cannot be now amended.

  William Shakespeare

  Done

  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.590

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• Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.

  William Shakespeare

  Money, Simplicity, Contentment

  1603-4 Iago to Othello. Othello, act 3, sc.3, l.176-8.

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• The best is yet to come.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Best Husband

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Twelfth Night Thrift Study Edition”, p.126, Courier Corporation

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• So many hours must I take my rest;
  So many hours must I contemplate.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Hours, Contemplating

  William Shakespeare, Michael Hattaway (1993). “The Third Part of King Henry VI”, p.118, Cambridge University Press

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• Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying!

  William Shakespeare

  Liars, Lying, World

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 5, sc. 4, l. [148]

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