William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 20

• When you do dance, I wish you a wave o' the sea, that you might ever do nothing but that.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Inspirational, Dance

  'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 4, sc. 3, l. 134

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• In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorial Day, Peace, War

  'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 1

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• With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. And let my liver rather heat with wine, than my heart cool with mortifying groans.

  William Shakespeare

  Laughter, Heart, Wine

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1805). “The plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators”, p.315

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• Better a little chiding than a great deal of heartbreak.

  William Shakespeare

  Parenting, Criticism, Littles

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.2611, BookCaps Study Guides

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• If I be waspish, best beware my sting.

  William Shakespeare

  Halloween, Ifs

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1806). “The plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators”, p.190

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• But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, Leaving no tract behind.

  William Shakespeare

  Eagles, Bird, Leaving

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.148

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• Awake, awake, English nobility! Let not sloth dim your horrors new-begot.

  William Shakespeare

  Sloth, Horror, Awake

  William Shakespeare (2014). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Deluxe Annotated: Suitable for Home Reading, Academic Study, and Dramatic Productions”, p.1906, BookBaby

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• The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
  Make instruments to plague us.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Full Circle, Vices

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 5, sc. 3, l. [172]

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• When great leaves fall, the winter is at hand.

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Winter, Hands

  William Shakespeare (1867). “Quotations from Shakespeare, a collection of passages selected and arranged by E. Routledge”, p.74

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• He makes a July's day short as December.

  William Shakespeare

  Sarcastic, July, December

  1609 Polixenes, of Mamillius. The Winter's Tale, act1, sc.2, l.170.

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• Is this the generation of love? Hot blood, hot thoughts and hot deeds? Why, they are vipers. Is love a generation of vipers?

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Blood, Hot

  William Shakespeare, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Sir Thomas Hanmer (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.322

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• Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises.

  William Shakespeare

  Noise, Tempest, Isle

  'The Tempest' (1611) act 3, sc. 2, l. [147]

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• Love is like a child, That longs for everything it can come by

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Children, Love You

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• Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible to feelings as to sight?

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Sight, Feelings

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 1, l. 33

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• All his successors gone before him have done 't; and all his ancestors that come after him may.

  William Shakespeare

  Gone, Done, May

  William Shakespeare (1825). “The Plays of Shakespeare”, p.173

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• The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Venice, Apples

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 3, l. [99]

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• Death is my son-in-law, death is my heir.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Son, Law

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, John Boydell, Samuel Johnson (1857). “King Lear. Romeo and Juliet”, p.277

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• I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another: you jig, you amble, and you lisp, and nick-name God's creatures, and make your wantonness your ignorance. Go to, I'll no more on't; it hath made me mad.

  William Shakespeare

  Ignorance, Names, Mad

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Hamlet! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.201, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Funny Valentines Day, Men

  William Shakespeare (1998). “As You Like It”, p.57, Courier Corporation

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• Come give us a taste of your quality.

  William Shakespeare

  Healing, Giving, Quality

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [460]

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• And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.

  William Shakespeare

  Revenge, Fall, Offense

  William Shakespeare (2014). “Shakespeare's HAMLET eBook”, p.192, First Folio Productions

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• Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
  Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
  Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
  And summer's lease hath all too short a date . . .

  William Shakespeare

  Summer, Art, Wind

  Sonnet 18

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• To offend and judge are distinct offices, And of opposed natures.

  William Shakespeare

  Law, Judging, Office

  William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell, George Steevens (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.70

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• Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun, and with him rise weeping.

  William Shakespeare

  Vegetables, Hot, Herbs

  'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 4, sc. 3, l. 103

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• Great floods have flown From simple sources.

  William Shakespeare

  Simple, Source, Flood

  William Shakespeare (2016). “All's Well That Ends Well”, Simon and Schuster

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