William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 142

• Dream on, dream on, of bloody deeds and death.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Dream, Deeds

  William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson (1809). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.234

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• Thou ominous and fearful owl of death.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Owl, Ominous

  William Shakespeare, Michael Taylor (2004). “Henry VI, Part One”, p.200, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Ay, but to die, and go we know not where.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Dying Love, Measure For Measure

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 3, sc. 1, l. 114

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• Speak, my fair, and fairly, I pray thee.

  William Shakespeare

  Fairness, Praying, Speak

  William Shakespeare (1791). “THE PLAYS OF William Shakspeare, COMPLETE IN EIGHT VOLUMES.: CONTAINING KING JOHN, RICHRARD II. HENRY IV. PART I. HENRY IV. PART II. HENRY V. THE ENGRAVINGS TO THIS VOLUME ARE, TWO SCENES TO EACH PLAY, AND TWO ALLEGORIES. ALLEGORIES. 1. YOUTH ATTENDING THE DICTATES OF SHAKSPEARE. 2. THE TRAGIC AND COMIC MUSE ADORNING THE STATUE OD SHAKSPEARE”

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• Such an act
  That blurs the grace and blush of modesty;
  Calls virtue hypocrite; takes off the rose
  From the fair forehead of an innocent love,
  And sets a blister there; makes marriage vows
  As false as dicers' oaths.

  William Shakespeare

  Hypocrite, Rose, Grace

  William Shakespeare (2016). “Hamlet: Revised Edition”, p.368, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Flesh, Obesity

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 3, sc. 3, l. [184]

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• Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them.

  William Shakespeare

  Dew, Rust

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 1, sc. 2, l. 59

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• So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Musical, Thunder

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 4, sc. 1, l. [118]

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• Things base and vile, holding no quantity, love can transpose to form and dignity

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Dignity, Cupid

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 1, sc. 1, l. 226

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• The ostentation of our love, which, left unshown, is often left unloved.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Ostentation, Left

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Shakespeare: A Book of Quotations”, p.28, Courier Corporation

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• The chameleon Love can feed on the air

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Air, Chameleon

  William Shakespeare, William C. Carroll (2004). “Two Gentlemen Verona: Third Series”, p.173, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• She cannot love, nor take no shape nor project or affection, she is so self-endeared

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Self, Shapes

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.113

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• Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Heart, Gold

  1599-1600 Rosalind to Celia. AsYou Like It, act1, sc.3, l.107-9.

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• They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.

  William Shakespeare

  Greatness, Blast, Shakes

  1592-3 Margaret. Richard III, act1, sc.3, l.257-8.

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• What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted! Thrice is he arm'd, that hath his quarrel just.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Stronger, Arms

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.478

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• To show an unfelt sorrow is an office Which the false man does easy.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Office, Hypocrisy

  William Shakespeare, A. R. Braunmuller (1997). “Macbeth”, p.90, Cambridge University Press

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• Honour travels in a strait so narrow Where one but goes abreast.

  William Shakespeare

  Integrity, Honour

  William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.643

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• ... I am At war 'twixt will and will not.

  William Shakespeare

  War, Indecision

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 2, sc. 2, l. 29

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• And how his audit stands who knows, save Heaven?

  William Shakespeare

  Heaven, Judgment, Knows

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 3, l. 80

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• I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?

  William Shakespeare

  Passion, Eye, Hands

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

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• There is no sure foundation set on blood, No certain life achieved by others' death.

  William Shakespeare

  Blood, Foundation, Killing

  William Shakespeare (1998). “The Life and Death of King John”, p.219, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Learning is but an adjunct to ourself, And where we are our learning likewise is.

  William Shakespeare

  Knowledge

  William Shakespeare (1797). “The plays of William Shakspeare...”, p.55

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• Liberty plucks justice by the nose; The baby beats the nurse, and quite athwart Goes all decorum.

  William Shakespeare

  Baby, Nurse, Justice

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 1, sc. 3, l. 23

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• I may command where I adore.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, May, Adore

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 5, l. [117]

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• Nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal.

  William Shakespeare

  Money, Taming, Taming Of The Shrew

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 1, sc. 2, l. [82]

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