William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 15

• And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

  William Shakespeare

  Faults, Excuse, Making Excuses

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.330

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• Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.

  William Shakespeare

  Gone, Guests, Hospitality

  'Henry VI, Part 1' (1592) act 2, sc. 2, l. 55

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• A politician... one that would circumvent God.

  William Shakespeare

  God, Politics, Politician

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 1, l. [84]

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• Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter!

  William Shakespeare

  Sassy, Letters, Unnecessary

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 2, sc. 2, l. [68]

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• I think the devil will not have me damned, lest the oil that's in me should set hell on fire.

  William Shakespeare

  Thinking, Fire, Oil

  William Shakespeare (2014). “Arden Shakespeare Complete Works”, p.885, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• There's many a man hath more hair than wit.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Hair, Wit

  "The Two Gentlemen of Verona".

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• The good I stand on is my truth and honesty.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Honesty, Truth And Honesty

  William Shakespeare (1858). “Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems”, p.448

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• I would not wish any companion in the world but you.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Wish, World

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.3105, Oxford University Press

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• All of Creation’s a farce. Man was born as a joke. In his head his reason is buffeted Like wind-blown smoke. Life is a game. Everyone ridicules everyone else. But he who has the last laugh Laughs longest.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Wind, Games

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• Tax not so bad a voice to slander music any more than once.

  William Shakespeare

  Voice, Taxes, Slander

  William Shakespeare, William Harness, William Gilmore Simms (1842). “The Complete Works of William Shakspeare”, p.136

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• Having nothing, nothing can he lose.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Love You, Loses

  William Shakespeare (2013). “The Wars of the Roses In Plain and Simple English: Includes Henry VI Parts 1 - 3 & Richard III, Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V”, p.596, BookCaps Study Guides

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• He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

  William Shakespeare

  Fashion, Memorable, Hats

  1598 Beatrice, of Benedick. Much AdoAbout Nothing, act1, sc.1, l.71-3.

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• Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Hypocrite, Hypocrisy

  'Pericles, Prince Of Tyre' (1606-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 92

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• The course of true love never did run smooth.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Life, Summer

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 1, sc. 1, l. 132

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• Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying!

  William Shakespeare

  Liars, Lying, World

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 5, sc. 4, l. [148]

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• But thy eternal summer shall not fade.

  William Shakespeare

  Summer, Eternity, Love Poems

  Sonnet 18

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• I say there is no darkness but ignorance.

  William Shakespeare

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Darkness

  1601 Feste to Malvolio.Twelfth Night, act 4, sc.2, l.43-4.

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• The quality of nothing hath not such need to hide itself

  William Shakespeare

  Quality, Needs, Lear

  William Shakespeare, Thomas BOWDLER (F.R.S.) (1831). “The Family Shakspeare ... By T. Bowdler ... Sixth Edition”, p.789

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• There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Wise, Wisdom

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• Why, what's the matter, That you have such a February face, So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?

  William Shakespeare

  Storm, Frost, Matter

  1598 Don Pedro. Much Ado About Nothing, act 5, sc.4, l.40-2.

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• The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

  William Shakespeare

  Smile, Encouraging, Broken Heart

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 1, sc. 3, l. 208

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• He that has a house to put's head in has a good head-piece.

  William Shakespeare

  Party, House, Pieces

  William Shakespeare, R.A. Foakes (1997). “King Lear: Third Series”, p.264, A&C Black

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• One half of me is yours, the other half is yours, Mine own, I would say; but if mine, then yours, And so all yours.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Other Half, One Half

  William Shakespeare (1810). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.43

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• Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.

  William Shakespeare

  World, Patient, Broads

  William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, William Warburton, William Dodd, Hugh Blair (1795). “Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Glossary. Index. List of the various readings”, p.50

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• Do not for one repulse, forego the purpose
  That you resolved to effect.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Healing, Purpose

  "The Oracles of Shakespeare: with a Selection of Aphorisms".

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