William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 84

• Farewell, my sister, fare thee well. The elements be kind to thee, and make Thy spirits all of comfort: fare thee well.

  William Shakespeare

  Goodbye, Farewell, Comfort

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.687

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• There is little choice in a barrel of rotten apples.

  William Shakespeare

  Apples, Choices, Rotten

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• ...an old man is twice a child.

  William Shakespeare

  Children, Men, Aging

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.842

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• He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace and fear: And you all know, security Is mortals' chiefest enemy.

  William Shakespeare

  Fate, Grace, Enemy

  William Shakespeare (2008). “Macbeth”, p.202, Cambridge University Press

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• I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire,
  But qualify the fire's extreme rage,
  Lest it should burn above the bounds of reason.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Fire, Hot

  William Shakespeare (1843). “The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a memoir and essay on his genius by Barry Cornwall: also annotations and remarks by many writers, illustr. with engr. from designs by K. Meadows”

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• Give me to drink mandragora.

  William Shakespeare

  Giving, Drink, Forgetfulness

  'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 1, sc. 5, l. 4

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• And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

  William Shakespeare

  Military, Army, Thinking

  'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 35

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• I cannot tell what you and other men
  Think of this life; but, for my single self,
  I had as lief not be as live to be
  In awe of such a thing as I myself.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Men, Thinking

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. 92

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• For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Tongue, Wonder

  Sonnet 106

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• Men in rage strike those that wish them best.

  William Shakespeare

  Anger, Men, Wish

  William Shakespeare (2004). “The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice (Sparklesoup Classics)”, p.37, Sparklesoup LLC

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• How long a time lies in one little word?

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Long, Littles

  'Richard II' (1595) act 1, sc. 3, l. 213

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• I had rather eleven died nobly for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of action.

  William Shakespeare

  Country, Action, Eleven

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• So well thy words become thee as thy wounds.

  William Shakespeare

  Thee, Wells, Wounds

  William Shakespeare (1807). “Macbeth: A Tragedy”, p.23

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• He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.

  William Shakespeare

  Strength, Memorable, Stronger

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• The will is infinite and the execution confin'd, the desire is boundless and the act a slave to limit.

  William Shakespeare

  Lust, Desire, Limits

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Troilus and Cressida In Plain and Simple English: A Modern Translation and the Original Version”, p.133, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Suit the action to the word : the word to the action : with this special observance that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature.

  William Shakespeare

  Special, Acting, Suits

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [19]

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• I know them, yea,
  And what they weigh, even to the utmost scruple;
  Scambling, out-facing, fashion-mong'ring boys,
  That lie, and cog, and flout, deprave, and slander,
  Go antickly, and show outward hideousness,
  And speak off half a dozen dangerous words,
  How they might hurt their enemies, if they durst;
  And this is all.

  William Shakespeare

  Fashion, Hurt, Lying

  William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier (1858). “Much ado about nothing. Love's labour's lost. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming of the shrew. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night”, p.71

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• Now, good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!

  William Shakespeare

  Waiting, Digestion, Appetite

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 4, l. 38

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• Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice
  And could of men distinguish her election,
  Sh'ath sealed thee for herself.

  William Shakespeare

  Real, Men, Choices

  William Shakespeare, Philip Edwards (2003). “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”, p.167, Cambridge University Press

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• Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale. Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to th' rooky wood. Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, While night's black agents to their prey do rouse.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Night, Hands

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 2, l. 45

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• My affection hath an unknown bottom, like the Bay of Portugal.

  William Shakespeare

  Portugal, Affection, You Like It

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.204

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• Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead are but as pictures: ‘tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil

  William Shakespeare

  Sleep, Eye, Giving

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 2, l. 52

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• O, full of scorpions is my mind!

  William Shakespeare

  Mind, Scorpions

  William Shakespeare (1997). “Macbeth: Second Series”, p.83, A&C Black

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• Unquiet meals make ill digestions.

  William Shakespeare

  Meals, Eating And Drinking, Digestion

  William Shakespeare, George Somers Bellamy (1875). “The New Shaksperian Dictionary of Quotations: (With Marginal Classification and Reference.)”, p.58

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• The seeming truth which cunning times put on to entrap the wisest.

  William Shakespeare

  Cunning, Seeming, Wisest

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 2, l. 97

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