William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 106

• New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous (Nay, let em be unmanly), yet are followed.

  William Shakespeare

  Fashion, Ems, Ridiculous

  William Shakespeare, John Margeson (1990). “King Henry VIII”, p.85, Cambridge University Press

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• How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!

  William Shakespeare

  Hair, White, Fool

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 5, sc. 5, l. [52]

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• Macbeth to Witches: What are these So wither'd and so wild in their attire, That look not like th' inhabitants o' th' earth, And yet are on 't?

  William Shakespeare

  Looks, Earth, Witch

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• Alas, how love can trifle with itself!

  William Shakespeare

  Trifles, Alas

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.34

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• Do not plunge thyself too far in anger.

  William Shakespeare

  Anger, Plunge, Thyself

  William Shakespeare (1767). “The Works of Shakespeare: in Eight Volumes”, p.41

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• Read o'er this And after, this, and then to breakfast with What appetite you have.

  William Shakespeare

  Breakfast, Appetite

  'Henry VIII' (1613) act 3, sc. 2, l. 203

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• Who riseth from a feast With that keen appetite that he sits down?

  William Shakespeare

  Food, Cooking, Culinary

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.6021, BookCaps Study Guides

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• With these shreds They vented their complainings, which being answered And a petition granted them, a strange one, To break the heart of generosity, And make bold power look pale, they threw their caps As they would hang them on the horns o' th' moon, Shouting their emulation.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Moon, Generosity

  'Coriolanus' (1608) act 1, sc. 1, l. [218]

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• If thou couldst, doctor, cast The water of my land, find her disease, And purge it to a sound and pristine health, I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud you again.

  William Shakespeare

  Echoes, Doctors, Land

  William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers (1859). “The Works of William Shakespeare, Complete: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens”, p.280

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• When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me Water with berries in't; and teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less, That burn by day and night; and then I loved thee And showed thee all the qualities o' th' isle, The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile.

  William Shakespeare

  Spring, Night, Light

  William Shakespeare (1998). “Four Late Plays”, p.357, Wordsworth Editions

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• Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents The armorers accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Night, Giving

  'Henry V' (1599) act 4, chorus, l. 1

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• If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue.

  William Shakespeare

  Wine, Play, Acting

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 5, sc. 4, epilogue l. [3]

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• Like a dull actor now, I have forgot my part, and I am out, Even to a full disgrace.

  William Shakespeare

  Acting, Actors, Dull

  'Coriolanus' (1608) act 5, sc. 3, l. 40

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• A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry. But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain: So thou, that hast no unkind mate to grieve thee, With urging helpless patience wouldst relieve me; But if thou live to see like right bereft, This fool-begged patience in thee will be left.

  William Shakespeare

  Pain, Adversity, Grieving

  William Shakespeare, Alfred Harbage (1977). “The complete works”

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• He is the most wretched of men who has never felt adversity.

  William Shakespeare

  Adversity, Men, Wretched

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• Then know, that I have little wealth to lose. A man I am, crossed with adversity; My riches are these poor habiliments, Of which if you should here disfurnish me, You take the sum and substance that I have.

  William Shakespeare

  Adversity, Men, Substance

  William Shakespeare, William Harness, William Gilmore Simms (1842). “The Complete Works of William Shakspeare”, p.57

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• Bosom upon my counsel; You'll find it wholesome.

  William Shakespeare

  Advice, Bosoms

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• Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold the bent.

  William Shakespeare

  Love Is, Affection, Bent

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 4, l. 36

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• Henceforth, I'll bear Affliction till it do cry out itself, 'Enough, enough, and die.

  William Shakespeare

  Affliction, Bears, Cry

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.798

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• Affliction may one day smile again; and till then, sit thee down, sorrow!.

  William Shakespeare

  Sorrow, One Day, Affliction

  William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.111

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• Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Men, Lady Macbeth

  William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.867, Wordsworth Editions

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• No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell.

  William Shakespeare

  Sad, Giving, Sullen

  Sonnet 71

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• I will go wash; And when my face is fair, you shall perceive Whether I blush or no.

  William Shakespeare

  Faces, Blushing, Perceive

  William Shakespeare, William Harness, William Gilmore Simms (1842). “The Complete Works of William Shakspeare”, p.630

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• Tis gold Which buys admittance--oft it doth--yea, and makes Diana's rangers false themselves, yield up This deer to th' stand o' th' stealer: and 'tis gold Which makes the true man kill'd and saves the thief, Nay, sometimes hangs both thief and true man.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Yield, Gold

  William Shakespeare, J. M. Nosworthy (2000). “Cymbeline: Second Series”, p.56, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• What, shall one of us, That struck for the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers--shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honors For so much trash as may be grasped thus?

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Space, Honor

  William Shakespeare, Thomas Bowdler (1849). “The Family Shakespeare: In One Volume, in which Nothing is Added to the Original Text, But Those Words and Expressions are Omitted which Cannot with Propriety be Read Aloud in a Family”, p.694

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