William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 11

• Ambition's debt is paid.

  William Shakespeare

  Ambition, Debt, Paid

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 83

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• He receives comfort like cold porridge.

  William Shakespeare

  Food, Cooking, Comfort

  'The Tempest' (1611) act 2, sc. 1, l. 10

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• The morning steals upon the night,
  Melting the darkness.

  William Shakespeare

  Morning, Night, Darkness

  William Shakespeare, Aaron Augustus MORGAN (1860). “The Mind of Shakspeare, as Exhibited in His Works. By the Rev. A. A. Morgan”, p.162

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• Time ... thou ceaseless lackey to eternity.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Eternity, Lackeys

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• If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?

  William Shakespeare

  Revenge, Venice, Laughing

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 1, l. 63

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• The miserable have no other medicine But only hope.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hope

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 3, sc. 1, l. 2

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• To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing end them: to die, to sleep No more; and by a sleep, to say we end The Heart-ache, and the thousand Natural shocks That Flesh is heir to? 'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die to sleep, To sleep, perchance to Dream; Aye, there's the rub.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Suicide, Dream

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

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• Time is the nurse and breeder of all good.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Nurse, Good Times

  William Shakespeare, George Somers Bellamy (1875). “The New Shaksperian Dictionary of Quotations: (With Marginal Classification and Reference.)”, p.227

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• The past is prologue.

  William Shakespeare

  Past, Prologue

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• Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspiration, Philosophical, Borrowers

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• Truth hath a quiet breast.

  William Shakespeare

  Truth, Quiet, Breasts

  1595 Mowbray. Richard II, act1, sc.3, l.95-6.

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• Affection is a coal that must be cooled; else, suffered, it will set the heart on fire.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Fire, Coal

  1593 Venus and Adonis, stanza 65, l.387-8.

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• All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.

  William Shakespeare

  Birthday, Time, Player

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 139

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• No profit grows where no pleasure is taken.

  William Shakespeare

  Money, Taken, Wealth

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 1, sc. 1, l. 39

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• Sit by my side, and let the world slip: we shall ne'er be younger.

  William Shakespeare

  Halloween, World, Sides

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.3289, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Hear the meaning within the word.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Dealing With People

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• I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Denmark In Hamlet, Hamlet And Ophelia

  William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier (1839). “Hamlet”, p.59

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• My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, nor to be seen: my crown is called content, a crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Heart, Contentment

  William Shakespeare, Michael Hattaway (1993). “The Third Part of King Henry VI”, p.131, Cambridge University Press

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• Love runs away from those chasing her, and those who run away, she throws herself on his neck.

  William Shakespeare

  Running, Necks, Running Away

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• Music can minister to minds diseased, pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, raze out the written troubles of the brain, and with its sweet oblivious antidote, cleanse the full bosom of all perilous stuff that weighs upon the heart.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Memories, Inspiration

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• Truth will come to sight; murder cannot be hid long.

  William Shakespeare

  Sight, Long, Murder

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Illustrated)”, p.9165, Delphi Classics

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• More of your conversation would infect my brain.

  William Shakespeare

  Sassy, Brain, Conversation

  William Shakespeare (1797). “Works, Containing His Plays and Poems: To which is Added a Glossary”, p.117

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• 'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

  William Shakespeare

  Support, Charity, Helping

  'Timon Of Athens' act 1, sc. 1, l. 108

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• And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

  William Shakespeare

  Listening, Mind, Mouths

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• To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.

  William Shakespeare

  Motivational, Love You, Water

  William Shakespeare, John Pitcher (2010). “The Winter's Tale: Third Series”, p.295, A&C Black

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