William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 2

• Brevity is the soul of wit.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Attitude, Communication

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. 90

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• Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  William Shakespeare (1838). “The Pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. [8 vols., including a vol. entitled William Shakspere, by C. Knight].”, p.281

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• Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 5, l. [158]

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• Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor.

  William Shakespeare

  War, Patriotic, Order

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• Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its grief. I believe we could well follow the pattern of our feathered friends.

  William Shakespeare

  Grief, Believe, Musical

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• Don't trust the person who has broken faith once.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspiring, Trust, Broken

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• Give thanks for what you are today and go on fighting for what you gone be tomorrow

  William Shakespeare

  Fighting, Giving, Gone

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• Beauty lives with kindness.

  William Shakespeare

  Beauty, Kindness, Beauty Of Life

  'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' (1592-3) act 4, sc. 2, l. 40

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• No legacy is so rich as honesty.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Life, Truth

  1604-5 Mariana to Diana. All'sWellThat EndsWell, act 3, sc.5, l.12-13.

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• Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Memorable, Sin

  1603 Escalus. Measure for Measure, act 2, sc.1, l.38.

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• Lord, what fools these mortals be!

  William Shakespeare

  Summer, Dream, Stupid People

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. 115

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• To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.549

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• Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Excellence, Has Beens

  William Shakespeare, George Somers Bellamy (1875). “The New Shaksperian Dictionary of Quotations: (With Marginal Classification and Reference.)”, p.3

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• Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Death, Running

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

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• Give thy thoughts no tongue.

  William Shakespeare

  Giving, Tongue

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

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• Every why has a wherefore.

  William Shakespeare

  Purpose

  BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2011). “The Comedy of Errors In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, p.40, BookCaps Study Guides

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• 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, Success

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

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• To be, or not to be, that is the question.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Suicide, Creativity

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

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• Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

  William Shakespeare

  Risk, Bold Actions, Virtue

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 3, sc. 1, l. [214]

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• People’s good deeds we write in water. The evil deeds are etched in brass.

  William Shakespeare

  Writing, Evil, Water

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• The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Yarn, Together

  'All's Well that Ends Well' (1603-4) act 4, sc. 3, l. [83]

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  Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!

  William Shakespeare

  Halloween, Memorable, Play

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

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• Sometimes, less is more.

  William Shakespeare

  Reality, Less Is More, Sometimes

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• Strong reasons make strong actions.

  William Shakespeare

  Strong, Hard Work, Memorable

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.231

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• Love sees with the heart and not with mind.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Mind

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