William Shakespeare Quotes

• There is nothing so confining as the prisons of our own perceptions.

  William Shakespeare

  Thinking, Perception, Prison

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  What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

  William Shakespeare

  Eras, Idiot, Blind

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  Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.

  William Shakespeare

  Speak Less, Temperance, Shows

  William Shakespeare, Alfred Leslie Rowse (1984). “King Lear: modern text with introduction”, Univ Pr of Amer

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• The eye sees all, but the mind shows us what we want to see.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Mind, Want

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• A very honest woman but something given to lie

  William Shakespeare

  Honesty, Lying, Honest Woman

  'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 5, sc. 2, l. [251]

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• Laughing faces do not mean that there is absence of sorrow!
  But it means that they have the ability to deal with it

  William Shakespeare

  Mean, Laughing, Sorrow

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• When I got enough confidence, the stage was gone. When I was sure of losing, I won. When I needed people the most, they left me. When I learnt to dry my tears, I found a shoulder to cry on. And when I mastered the art of hating, somebody started loving me.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Hate, People

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• Never play with the feelings of others, because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for life time

  William Shakespeare

  Winning, Games, Play

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• All the world is a stage and we are merely players.

  William Shakespeare

  Player, World, Stage

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• If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.

  William Shakespeare

  Can Not, Ifs

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• Of all knowledge the wise and good seek most to know themselves.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Knows

  William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft (1812). “Aphorisms from Shakespeare”, p.68

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  The Eyes are the window to your soul

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Soul, Window

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• Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.226

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• Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.

  William Shakespeare

  Fall

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  Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Evil, Hell

  William Shakespeare, Virginia Mason Vaughan, Alden T. Vaughan (1999). “The Tempest: Third Series”, p.164, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• Doubt is a thief that often makes us fear to tread where we might have won.

  William Shakespeare

  Doubt, Thieves, Might

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• Nothing comes from doing nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Doing Nothing, Action

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• Love sees with the heart and not with mind.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Mind

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• Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Time, Three

  William Shakespeare (1784). “Stockdale's edition of Shakespeare, with explanatory notes”, p.56

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• I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed!

  William Shakespeare

  Sarcastic, Witty, Funny Life

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• To be, or not to be, that is the question.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Suicide, Creativity

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

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• Give thanks for what you are today and go on fighting for what you gone be tomorrow

  William Shakespeare

  Fighting, Giving, Gone

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• You know who you are, but know not who you could be.

  William Shakespeare

  Knows, Who You Are

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• No legacy is so rich as honesty.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Life, Truth

  1604-5 Mariana to Diana. All'sWellThat EndsWell, act 3, sc.5, l.12-13.

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• We suffer a lot the few things we lack and we enjoy too little the many things we have.

  William Shakespeare

  Suffering, Littles, Enjoy

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