William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 59

• So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.

  William Shakespeare

  Ornaments, Deceit, World

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 2, l. 73

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• Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.

  William Shakespeare

  Mercy Of God, Soul, Thee

  William Shakespeare (2013). “First Tetralogy In Plain and Simple English: Includes Henry VI Parts 1 - 3 & Richard III”, p.501, BookCaps Study Guides

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• The Foole doth thinke he is wise, but the wiseman knowes himselfe to be a Foole.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Wisdom

  1599-1600 Touchstone toWilliam. AsYou Like It, act 5, sc.1, l.29-31.

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• Light vanity, insatiate cormorant, Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.

  William Shakespeare

  Mean, Vanity, Light

  William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1852). “The Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and Poetical Works, Complete ; Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy”, p.367

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• God grant us patience!

  William Shakespeare

  Difficult, Difficult Days, Grants

  William Shakespeare (2004). “Love's Labour's Lost (Sparklesoup Classics)”, p.10, Sparklesoup LLC

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• God is our fortress, in whose conquering name
  Let us resolve to scale their flinty bulwarks.

  William Shakespeare

  God, Names, Conquer

  William Shakespeare (2013). “First Tetralogy In Plain and Simple English: Includes Henry VI Parts 1 - 3 & Richard III”, p.56, BookCaps Study Guides

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• My father names me Autolycus, who being, as I am, littered under Mercury, was likewise a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles.

  William Shakespeare

  Father, Names, Mercury

  'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 4, sc. 2, l. [24]

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• Now the melancholy God protect thee, and the tailor make thy garments of changeable taffeta, for thy mind is opal.

  William Shakespeare

  Jewels, Mind, Opal

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• Are there no stones in heaven
  But what serves for thunder?

  William Shakespeare

  Heaven, Stones, Thunder

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 5, sc. 2, l. 232

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• His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage. He is indeed a horse.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Bidding, Countenance

  William Shakespeare (2013). “The Wars of the Roses In Plain and Simple English: Includes Henry VI Parts 1 - 3 & Richard III, Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V”, p.1739, BookCaps Study Guides

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• A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.

  William Shakespeare

  Peace, Party, Loser

  1597-8 Archbishop ofYork. Henry IV PartTwo, act 4, sc.1, l.315-17.

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• I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too!

  William Shakespeare

  Happiness, Travel, Fool

  1599-1600 Rosalind to Jaques. AsYou Like It, act 4, sc.1, l.25-7.

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• Hereditary sloth instructs me.

  William Shakespeare

  Sloth, Hereditary

  William Shakespeare, David Lindley (2013). “The Tempest”, p.158, Cambridge University Press

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• These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor; This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome.

  William Shakespeare

  Rome, Sloth, Cardinals

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Henry VIII! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.146, BookCaps Study Guides

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• And to the English court assemble now, From every region, apes of idleness!

  William Shakespeare

  Sloth, Apes, Court

  William Shakespeare (2016). “King Henry IV Part 2: Third Series”, p.378, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Now the fair goddess, Fortune,
  Fall deep in love with thee, and her great charms
  Misguide thy opposers' swords!

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Deep Love, Fairness

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.38

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• Who is Silvia What is she, That all our swains commend her Holy, fair, and wise is she.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Fairness, Holy

  'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' (1592-3) act 4, sc. 2, l. 40

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• Good morrow, fair ones; pray you, if you know,
  Where in the purlieus of this forest stands
  A sheep-cote fenc'd about with olive trees?

  William Shakespeare

  Sheep, Tree, Olives

  William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Edmond Malone, Alexander Chalmers, Alexander Pope (1826). “Merchant of Venice. As you like it. All's well that ends well. Taming of the shrew. Winter's tale”, p.173

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• This England never did, nor never shall,
  Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror,
  But when it first did help to wound itself.
  Now these her princes are come home again,
  Come the three corners of the world in arms,
  And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue,
  If England to itself do rest but true.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Home, Feet

  'King John' (1591-8) act 5, sc. 7, l. 112

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• O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!

  William Shakespeare

  God, Despair, Use

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 2, l. 129

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• Full fathom five thy father lies

  William Shakespeare

  Father, Lying, Nymphs

  'The Tempest' (1611) act 1, sc. 2, l. 394

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• Friends now fast sworn,
  Whose double bosoms seems to wear one heart,
  Whose hours, whose bed, whose meal and exercise
  Are still together, who twin, as 'twere, in love,
  Unseparable, shall within this hour,
  On a dissension of a doit, break out
  To bitterest enmity; so fellest foes,
  Whose passions and whose plots have broke their sleep
  To take the one the other, by some chance,
  Some trick not worth an egg, shall grow dear friends
  And interjoin their issues.

  William Shakespeare

  Passion, Heart, Sleep

  William Shakespeare, Lee Bliss (2000). “Coriolanus”, p.221, Cambridge University Press

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• Love goes toward love.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, True Love, Love You

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 156

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• Here come the lovers, full of joy and mirth.— Joy, gentle friends! joy and fresh days of love Accompany your hearts!

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Joy, Mirth

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream”, p.161, Courier Corporation

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• The day shall not be up so soon as I,
  To try the fair adventure of tomorrow.

  William Shakespeare

  Adventure, Trying, Tomorrow

  William Shakespeare, L. A. Beaurline (1990). “King John”, p.162, Cambridge University Press

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