William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 22

• If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Integrity, Offending

  William Shakespeare, Oliver William Bourn Peabody, John Payne Collier, Samuel Weller Singer, Charles Symmons (1839). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI, pts. 1-3”, p.189

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• What's done is done. The joy is in the doing.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Joy, Done

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• The art of our necessities is strange That can make vile things precious.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Strange, Lear

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. [70]

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• 'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Temptation, Tempted

  William Shakespeare (2014). “The Arden Dictionary Of Shakespeare Quotations”, p.280, A&C Black

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• All that glitters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life has sold But my outside to behold: Gilded tombs do worms enfold Had you been as wise as bold, Your in limbs, in judgment old, Your answer had not been in'scroll'd Fare you well: your suit is cold.' Cold, indeed, and labour lost: Then, farewell, heat and welcome, frost!

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Farewell, Men

  William Shakespeare (2014). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Deluxe Annotated: Suitable for Home Reading, Academic Study, and Dramatic Productions”, p.615, BookBaby

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• Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Boyfriend, Valentines Day

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [115]

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• We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.

  William Shakespeare

  Light, Lamps, Waste

  William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.60, Classic Books Company

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• What's done cannot be undone.
  To bed, to bed, to bed.

  William Shakespeare

  Bed, Done, Undone

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 1, l. [74]

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• I have sounded the very base-string of humility.

  William Shakespeare

  Humility, Strings

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Nicholas Rowe, Samuel Johnson (1791). “Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes. To which is Now Added, a Copious Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words”, p.1372

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• Verily, I swear, it is better to be lowly born, and range with humble livers in content, than to be perked up in a glistering grief, and wear a golden sorrow.

  William Shakespeare

  Grief, Humble, Sorrow

  William Shakespeare, John Fletcher (2000). “King Henry VIII: Third Series”, p.291, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• Love is too young to know what conscience is.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Young, Knows

  William Shakespeare, Gwynne Blakemore Evans, Anthony Hecht (1996). “The Sonnets”, p.19, Cambridge University Press

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• Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is! (Act 1, scene 1)

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Dark, Light

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• Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Sin, Mercy

  'Timon Of Athens' act 3, sc. 5, l. 3

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• Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.

  William Shakespeare

  Stupidity, You Like It, Folly

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 174

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• You have witchcraft in your lips

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Love You, Lips

  1598-9 King Harry, wooing Catherine. HenryV, act 5, sc.2, l.274-6.

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• Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well.

  William Shakespeare

  Perfection, Mars, Strive

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1785). “The Plays of William Shakspeare ...”, p.436

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• The coward dies a thousand deaths, the valiant, only once!

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Coward, Arms

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• How is it that the clouds still hang on you?

  William Shakespeare

  Clouds, Hamlet And Ophelia, Stills

  William Shakespeare (1820). “Select plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections & illustrations of various commentators”, p.24

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• They met so near with their lips that their breaths embraced together.

  William Shakespeare

  Together, Lips, Mets

  William Shakespeare, Julie Hankey (2005). “Othello”, p.166, Cambridge University Press

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• The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Power, Devil

  William Shakespeare (2001). “Hamlet”, p.199, Classic Books Company

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• It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Death, Play

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

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• Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Goodbye, Self

  William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft (1812). “Aphorisms from Shakespeare”, p.245

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• You told a lie, an odious damned lie; Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Soul, Wicked

  BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2011). “Othello Retold In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, p.339, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. Then your love would also change.

  William Shakespeare

  Moon, Swear

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• With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

  William Shakespeare

  Birthday, Happiness, Being Happy

  1596-7 Graziano toAntonio.TheMerchant ofVenice, act1, sc.1, l.79-80.

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