William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 42

• Be still prepared for death: and death or life shall thereby be the sweeter.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Death, Preparation

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• I am sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, let no dog bark.

  William Shakespeare

  Dog, Oracles, Lips

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 88

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• Blessed are the peacemakers on earth.

  William Shakespeare

  Blessed, Earth, Peacemaker

  William Shakespeare (1843). “The first sketches of the second and third parts of King Henry the Sixth”, p.84

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• Every true man's apparel fits your thief.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Thieves, Fit

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 4, sc. 2, l. [46]

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• The present eye praises the present object.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Praise, Objects

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes”, p.371

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• Virtue's office never breaks men's troth.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Office, Virtue

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.426

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• Cold indeed, and labor lost:
  Then farewell heat, and welcome frost!

  William Shakespeare

  Farewell, Winter, Frost

  William Shakespeare, Charles Symmons, John Payne Collier (1836). “Midsummer-night's dream. Love's labor's lost. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. All's well that ends well. Taming of the shrew”, p.201

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• The commonwealth of Athens is become a forest of beasts.

  William Shakespeare

  Athens, Politics, Forests

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Weller Singer, William Watkiss Lloyd, John Thompson, Thomas Stothard (1856). “Titus Andronicus. Romeo and Juliet. Timon of Athens. Julius Caesar”, p.354

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• A merry heart goes all the way, - A sad one tires inan hour.

  William Shakespeare

  Famous Inspirational, Heart, Way

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• Let witchcraft join with beauty, lust with both!

  William Shakespeare

  Beauty, Lust, Witchcraft

  William Shakespeare (1773). “The Plays of William Shakespeare. In Ten Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are Added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. With an Appendix..”, p.138

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• There's rosemary and rue. These keep Seeming and savor all the winter long. Grace and remembrance be to you.

  William Shakespeare

  Winter, Long, Remembrance

  William Shakespeare (2009). “The Late Romances”, p.528, Bantam Classics

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• Shorten my days thou canst with sullen sorrow,
  And pluck nights from me, but not lend a morrow;
  Thou canst help time to furrow me with age,
  But stop no wrinkle in his pilgrimage.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Grief, Night

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.865, Oxford University Press

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• Be not afraid of greatness.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Greatness, Not Afraid

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

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• I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Heart, Protest

  'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 4, sc. 2, l. [283]

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• A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age is in, the wit is out.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Talking, Age

  'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 3, sc. 5, l. [36]

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• To be direct and honest is not safe.

  William Shakespeare

  Honesty, Safe, Not Honest

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 376

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• I prithee gentle friend,
  Let thy fair wisdom, not thy passions, sway
  In this uncivil and unjust extent
  Against thy peace.

  William Shakespeare

  Passion, Listening, Unjust

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• O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer! a brave vessel (Who had no doubt some noble creature in her) Dashed all to pieces! O, the cry did knock Against my very heart! Poor souls, they perished!

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Brave, Soul

  'The Tempest' (1611) act 1, sc. 2, l. 5

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• For my own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Noble Man, Glad

  William Shakespeare, Nahum Tate, Mrs. Inchbald (1808). “King Lear: A Tragedy in Five Acts”

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• Be as just and gracious unto me,
  As I am confident and kind to thee.

  William Shakespeare

  Confidence, Kind, Thee

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.189, Oxford University Press

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• What is more miserable than discontent?

  William Shakespeare

  Miserable, Discontent

  William Shakespeare (2001). “The Tragedy of Richard III, with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field”, p.15, Classic Books Company

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• He that is truly dedicated to war hath no self-love

  William Shakespeare

  War, Self, Self Love

  William Shakespeare, Philip Brockbank (1976). “Coriolanus: Second Series”, p.41, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• Come not within the measure of my wrath.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Wrath

  William Shakespeare, Juliet Dusinberre (2006). “As You Like It: Third Series”, p.372, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Loss, Men

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• Company, villainous company, hath been the spoil of me.

  William Shakespeare

  Company, Spoil

  William Shakespeare (1816). “The Works of William Shakspeare...: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentic Copies, and Revised, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.110

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