William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 14

• One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.

  William Shakespeare

  Smile, War, Hamlet And Ophelia

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 105

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• The world is grown so bad, That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.

  William Shakespeare

  Eagles, Wrens, World

  William Shakespeare, Janis Lull (2009). “King Richard III”, p.85, Cambridge University Press

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• The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Wisdom, Men

  1599 Antony. Julius Caesar, act 3, sc.2, l.74-86.

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• The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.

  William Shakespeare

  Valor, Offering Advice, Valour

  "The Plays and Poems of Shakspeare".

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• Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Hope, New Year

  William Shakespeare (1998). “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, p.88, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught.

  William Shakespeare

  Circles, Water, Glory

  William Shakespeare, Michael Taylor (2004). “Henry VI, Part One”, p.116, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Come not between the dragon and his wrath.

  William Shakespeare

  Wrath, Dragons, Lear

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 1, sc. 1, l. [124]

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• The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Country, Long Love

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

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• Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Money, Important

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

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• A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Eagles, Lovers

  'Love's Labour's Lost' (1595) act 4, sc. 3, l. [327]

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• On Rumor's tongue continual slanders ride.

  William Shakespeare

  Rumor, Tongue, Slander

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• the time of life is short; To spend that shortness basely were too long.

  William Shakespeare

  Life Is Short, Long, Shortness Of Life

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 5, sc. 2, l. 81

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• Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe

  William Shakespeare

  Strong, Coward, Use

  'Richard III' (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 310

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• Prepare for mirth, for mirth becomes a feast.

  William Shakespeare

  Happiness, Laughter, Laughing

  William Shakespeare, John Glover (of Cambridge?) (1866). “The Works of William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra. Cynbeline. Pericles. Poems”, p.345

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• Profit is a blessing, if it's not stolen.

  William Shakespeare

  Blessing, Stolen, Profit

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• Extremity is the trier of spirits.

  William Shakespeare

  Spirit, Extremes, Extremity

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• The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

  William Shakespeare

  Silence, Jurisprudence, Innocence

  William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.282

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• In nature there's no blemish but the mind. None can be called deformed but the unkind.

  William Shakespeare

  Mind, Unkindness, Unkind

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 3, sc. 4, l. [403]

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• Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Death, Nature

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 2, l. 72

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• There's an old saying that applies to me: you can't lose a game if you don't play the game. (Act 1, scene 4)

  William Shakespeare

  Games, Play, Scene

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• Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Confidence, Loving Life

  1598-9 Dauphin, to King Charles. HenryV, act 2, sc.4, l.73-4.

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• They do not love that do not show their love.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Marriage, Valentines Day

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Mr. Theobald (Lewis) (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.20

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• Now I will believe that there are unicorns.

  William Shakespeare

  Believe, Unicorn, Tempest

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson (1765). “The Plays of William Shakespeare in Eight Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are Added Notes by Sam Johnson”, p.58

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• The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Funny Inspirational, Memorable

  William Shakespeare (1836). “The works of Shakespeare”, p.196

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  My soul is in the sky.

  William Shakespeare

  Faith, Sky, Flying

  William Shakespeare (2013). “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, p.178, Callisto Media Inc

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