William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 4

• We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Business, Good Life

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 4, sc. 5, l. [43]

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• Fight to the last gasp.

  William Shakespeare

  War, Fighting, Lasts

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• If your mind dislike anything obey it

  William Shakespeare

  Mind, Ifs, Dislike

  William Shakespeare, Philip Edwards (2003). “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”, p.246, Cambridge University Press

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• Wisdom cries out in the streets, and no man regards it.

  William Shakespeare

  Wisdom, Men, Cry

  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.165

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• A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Sassy, Heaven

  William Shakespeare (1784). “Othello, the Moor of Venice, tragedy ... Marked with the variations in the Manager's book, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane”, p.68

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• When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.

  William Shakespeare

  Thought Provoking, Lovers Meeting, Power Of Words

  William Shakespeare, Roma Gill (1998). “Richard II”, p.23, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Life's uncertain voyage.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Philosophical, Voyages

  'Timon Of Athens' act 5, sc. 1, l. [203]

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• A countenance more in sorrow than in anger.

  William Shakespeare

  Sorrow, Faces, Horatio

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 2, l. 231

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• The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

  William Shakespeare

  Witty, Atheist, Memorable

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

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• Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

  William Shakespeare

  Leadership, Courage, Lying

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 3, sc. 1, l. 30

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• The best is yet to come.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Best Husband

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Twelfth Night Thrift Study Edition”, p.126, Courier Corporation

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• Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Friends, Goodbye

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 4, sc. 3, l. 14

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• The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Country, Long Love

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

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• Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.

  William Shakespeare

  Essence, Intellectual, Literature

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• Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Procrastination, Delay

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1785). “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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• Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Family, Happiness

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• You are not worth the dust which the rude wind Blows in your face.

  William Shakespeare

  Blow, Dust, Wind

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 4, sc. 2, l. 30

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• Love hath made thee a tame snake

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Snakes, Made

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1805). “As you like it. All's well that ends well”, p.119

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• Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

  William Shakespeare

  Halloween, Math, Insanity

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [211]

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• When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

  William Shakespeare

  Sympathy, Sadness, Sad Life

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 4, sc. 5, l. [78]

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• Jesters do oft prove prophets.

  William Shakespeare

  Prophet, Proof, Jester

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.2426, Oxford University Press

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• We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Good Night, Dream

  'The Tempest' (1611) act 4, sc. 1, l. 148

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• We see which way the stream of time doth run.

  William Shakespeare

  Running, Time, Way

  William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.436

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• Tis the times' plague, when madmen lead the blind.

  William Shakespeare

  Blind, Madmen, Plague

  William Shakespeare, Jay L. Halio (2005). “The Tragedy of King Lear”, p.207, Cambridge University Press

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