William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 16

• My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

  William Shakespeare

  Happiness, Happy, Kings

  William Shakespeare (1866). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.539

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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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• 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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• How can tyrants safely govern home,
  Unless abroad they purchase great alliance.

  William Shakespeare

  Home, Tyrants, Alliances

  William Shakespeare (1825). “The Family Shakspeare ... 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.263

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• To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Life, Death

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• I am wealthy in my friends.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Wealthy, My Friends

  William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.678

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• There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is. ~William Shakespeare

  William Shakespeare

  Music, Wisdom, Prayer

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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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• Let's go hand in hand, not one before another.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Life, Family

  BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2011). “The Comedy of Errors In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, p.171, BookCaps Study Guides

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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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• Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Courage, Heart

  William Shakespeare, Roma Gill (2004). “Macbeth”, p.35, Oxford University Press, USA

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• What freezings I have felt, what dark days seen,
  What old December's bareness everywhere!

  William Shakespeare

  Dark, Winter, December

  William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 97: How Like A Winter Hath My Absence Been”

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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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• But thy eternal summer shall not fade.

  William Shakespeare

  Summer, Eternity, Love Poems

  Sonnet 18

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• Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

  William Shakespeare

  Revenge, Anger, Enemy

  'Henry VIII' (1613) act 1, sc. 1, l. 140

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• The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven's lieutenants.

  William Shakespeare

  Family, God, Meaningful

  William Shakespeare (2010). “Double Falsehood: Third Series”, p.118, A&C Black

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• Good morning to you, fair and gracious daughter.

  William Shakespeare

  Daughter, Morning, Fairness

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Measure for Measure! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelli”, p.195, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Experience is by industry achieved, And perfected by the swift course of time.

  William Shakespeare

  Experience, Courses, Industry

  William Shakespeare, William C. Carroll (2004). “The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Third Series”, p.160, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

  William Shakespeare

  Fashion, Encounters, Cost

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Much Ado About Nothing”, p.3, Courier Corporation

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• And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Running, Nature

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 1, l. 12

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• In time we hate that which we often fear.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Fear, Hate

  'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 1, sc. 3, l. 12

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• Forget, forgive; conclude, and be agreed.

  William Shakespeare

  Forgiving, Forget, Reconciliation

  William Shakespeare, Charles R. Forker (2002). “King Richard II: Third Series”, p.194, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• God, the best maker of all marriages, Combine your hearts into one.

  William Shakespeare

  Anniversary, Heart, Wedding Anniversary

  'Henry V' (1599) act 5, sc. 2, l. [387]

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• Well, honor is the subject of my story.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspiration, Humor, Honor

  William Shakespeare, Oliver William Bourn Peabody, Samuel Weller Singer, Charles Symmons, John Payne Collier (1839). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Julius Cæser. Antony and Cleopatra. Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus. Pericles”, p.12

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• Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Food, Taste

  'Richard II' (1595) act 1, sc. 3, l. 236

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