William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 27

• I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.

  William Shakespeare

  Dream, Past, Men

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 4, sc. 1, l. [211]

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• I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.

  William Shakespeare

  Kissing, Way, Killing

  1603-4 Othello. Othello, act 5, sc.2, l.368-9.

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• Beware the ides of March.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Autumn, March

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. 15

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• The prize of all too precious you.

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Prize

  Sonnet 86

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• Greatness knows itself.

  William Shakespeare

  Power, Greatness, Honor

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 4, sc. 3, l. 74

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• Love like a shadow flies when substance love pursues Pursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues.

  William Shakespeare

  Flying, Shadow, Substance

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie (1805). “The plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators”, p.71

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• Tongues I'll hang on every tree
  That shall civil sayings show. . . .

  William Shakespeare

  Tree, Tongue, Shows

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell (1821). “Poems and Plays”, p.424

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• The last taste of sweets is sweetest last.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Food, Sunset

  'Richard II' (1595) act 2, sc. 1, l. 11

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• A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Running, Heart

  1597-8 Mistress Quickly.TheMerryWives ofWindsor, act 3, sc.4, l.101-2.

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• So many horrid Ghosts.

  William Shakespeare

  Ghost

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.387

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• Can one desire too much of a good thing?

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Desire, Too Much

  William Shakespeare (1860). “As You Like it”, p.79

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• Adieu! I have too grieved a heart to take a tedious leave.

  William Shakespeare

  Goodbye, Farewell, Heart

  William Shakespeare (1867). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.190

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• O for a horse with wings!

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Wings

  'Cymbeline' (1609-10) act 3, sc. 2, l. [49]

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• The worm is not to be trusted.

  William Shakespeare

  Worms, Trusted

  William Shakespeare (1994). “The Tragedy of Anthony and Cleopatra”, p.318, Oxford University Press, USA

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• If love be blind, it best agrees with night

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Night, Blind

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 3, sc. 2, l. 1

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• Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As mans ingratitude Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude. Heigh-ho sing, heigh-ho unto the green holly Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly. Then heigh-ho the holly This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend rememberd not.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Art, Winter

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

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• Let me not to the marriage of true minds

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Reading Poetry, Mind

  Sonnet 116

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• In brief, sir, study what you most affect.

  William Shakespeare

  Fun, Humor, Deep Thought

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 1, sc. 1, l. 39

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• Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Simplicity, Environmental

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• I wonder men dare trust themselves with men.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Wonder, Dare

  'Timon Of Athens' act 1, sc. 2, l. [45]

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• What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.

  William Shakespeare

  Beauty, Moving, Angel

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [316]

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• The proverb is something musty.

  William Shakespeare

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [366]

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• Knit your hearts with an unslipping knot.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Knots

  Samuel Ayscough, William Shakespeare (1827). “An index to the remarkable passages and words made use of by Shakespeare”

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• O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on.

  William Shakespeare

  Jealousy, Envy, Tragedy

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 165

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• There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Taken, Opportunity

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 215

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