William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 16

• What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Enemy, Devil

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 3, sc. 4, l. [109]

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• If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Strength, Tears

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [174]

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• I cannot do it without comp[u]ters.

  William Shakespeare

  Mathematical

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• Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

  William Shakespeare

  Writing, Crafts, Suits

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [19]

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• Free from gross passion or of mirth or anger

  William Shakespeare

  Passion, Mirth, Gross

  William Shakespeare, Nikolaus Delius (1857). “Werke: Histories: King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV. Part 1. King Henry IV. Part 2. King Henry V.”

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• There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out.

  William Shakespeare

  Heaven, Important Macbeth, Macbeth Sleep

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 1, l. 4

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• Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.

  William Shakespeare

  Women, Disputes, Lunatic

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1824). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare ...”, p.29

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• 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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• If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.

  William Shakespeare

  Music, Food, Unrequited Love

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 1, sc. 1, l. 1

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

  William Shakespeare

  Fire, Closest

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.20

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

  William Shakespeare

  Music, Wisdom, Prayer

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• There is a history in all men's lives.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Motivational, Men

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 3, sc. 1, l. 80

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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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• 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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• 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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• By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Death, Science

  Cymbeline V.5

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• Scorn, at first, makes after-love the more.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Firsts, Scorn

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1788). “The dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere,: with the notes of all the various commentators; printed complete from the best editions of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens”

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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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• 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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