William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 78

• Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Cancer, Believe

  William Shakespeare, Ronald Knowles (1999). “King Henry VI Part 2: Third Series”, p.201, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults, looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year!

  William Shakespeare

  Years, Three, Looks

  William Shakespeare, Barry Cornwall (1857). “Tempest”, p.100

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• The even mead, that erst brought sweetly forth The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover, Wanting the scythe, all uncorrected, rank, Conceives by idleness, and nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burrs, Losing both beauty and utility.

  William Shakespeare

  Weed, Green, Docks

  'Henry V' (1599) act 5, sc. 2, l. 44

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• The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended; and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren. How many thing by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection!

  William Shakespeare

  Thinking, Perfection, Crow

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 5, sc. 1, l. 102

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• Discomfort guides my tongue And bids me speak of nothing but despair.

  William Shakespeare

  Despair, Tongue, Speak

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.254, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion.

  William Shakespeare

  Honorable, Teach, Discretion

  William Shakespeare, Oliver William Bourn Peabody, Samuel Weller Singer, Charles Symmons, John Payne Collier (1839). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello”, p.436

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• The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To th' bottom of the worst.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Doubt, Tents

  William Shakespeare, Anthony B. Dawson (2003). “Troilus and Cressida”, p.118, Cambridge University Press

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• If you love an addle egg as well as you love an idle head, you would eat chickens i' th' shell.

  William Shakespeare

  Eggs, Shells, Eating

  William Shakespeare (2015). “Troilus and Cressida: Third Series, Revised Edition”, p.170, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Fat paunches have lean pates, and dainty bits Make rich the ribs, but backrout quite the wits.

  William Shakespeare

  Ribs, Eating, Rich

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• What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?

  William Shakespeare

  Beef, Pieces, Eating

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 4, sc. 3, l. [23]

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• My cake is dough, but I'll in among the rest, Out of hope of all but my share of the feast.

  William Shakespeare

  Cake, Eating, Share

  William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell, George Steevens (1821). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.508

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• Condemn the fault and not the actor of it?

  William Shakespeare

  Actors, Faults, Measure For Measure

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 2, sc. 2, l. 37

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• A fool's bolt is soon shot.

  William Shakespeare

  Fool, Shots, Folly

  William Shakespeare (1805). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of Mr. Steeven's [!] Last Edition, with a Selection of the Most Important Notes ...”, p.175

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• That god forbid, that made me first your slave, I should in thought control your times of pleasure, Or at your hand th' account of hours to crave, Being your vassal bound to stay your leisure.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Heart, Hands

  William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen (2009). “Sonnets and Other Poems”, p.252, Palgrave Macmillan

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• But 'tis common proof, that lowliness is young ambition's ladder, whereto the climber-upward turns his face; but when he once attains the upmost round, he then turns his back, looks in the clouds, scorning the vase defrees by which he did ascend.

  William Shakespeare

  Ambition, Clouds, Looks

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 1, l. 21

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• All the contagion of the south light on you,
  You shames of Rome! you herd of--boils and plagues
  Plaster you o'er; that you may be abhorr'd
  Further than seen, and one infect another
  Against the wind a mile!

  William Shakespeare

  Light, Rome, Wind

  William Shakespeare (1809). “The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators, to which are added notes by S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised and augmented by I. Reed, with a glossarial index”, p.26

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• Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary.

  William Shakespeare

  Procrastination, Delay, Snail

  William Shakespeare, James R. Siemon (2009). “King Richard III: Third Series”, p.332, A&C Black

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• God mark thee to His grace! Thou was the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed. And might I live to see thee married once, I have my wish.

  William Shakespeare

  Baby, Grace, Wish

  William Shakespeare, Alan Durband (1990). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.52, Nelson Thornes

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• O, how I faint when I of you do write, Knowing a better spirit doth use your name, And in the praise thereof spends all his might To make me tongue-tied speaking of your fame.

  William Shakespeare

  Writing, Names, Knowing

  William Shakespeare, Howard Staunton (1860). “The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems”, p.772

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• I will be free, even to the uttermost, as I please, in words.

  William Shakespeare

  Please

  William Shakespeare, Brian Morris (1981). “The Taming of the Shrew: Second Series”, p.123, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts.

  William Shakespeare

  Imagination, Imperfection, Acting

  William Shakespeare (1998). “Henry V”, p.93, Oxford University Press, USA

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• When I waked, I cried to dream again

  William Shakespeare

  Dream, Tempest, Caliban

  'The Tempest' (1611) act 3, sc. 2, l. [152]

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• I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart: but the saying is true 'The empty vessel makes the greatest sound'.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Empty Vessels, Voice

  William Shakespeare (1733). “The Works of Shakespeare in Seven Volumes”, p.79

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• What I have done is yours; what I have to do is yours; being part in all I have, devoted yours.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Heart, Done

  'The Rape Of Lucrece' (1594) dedication

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• Nimble thought can jump both sea and land.

  William Shakespeare

  Thinking, Sea, Land

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.267

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