William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 43

• Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall with our English dead.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Memorial Day, Wall

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

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• A man should be what he seems.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Should, Seems

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• Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Character, Men

  William Shakespeare (1855). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: With a Life of the Poet, and Notes, Original and Selected; Together with a Copious Glossary”, p.409

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• He kills her in her own humor.

  William Shakespeare

  Taming, Taming Of The Shrew

  William Shakespeare, Lindsay Price (2002). “Taming of the Shrew”, p.25, Theatrefolk

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• Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed King.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Sea, Water

  'Richard II' (1595) act 3, sc. 2, l. 54

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• Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much. Lady, as you are mine, I am yours: I give away myself for you and dote upon the exchange.

  William Shakespeare

  Giving, Silence, Joy

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.48

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• Men at sometime are the masters of their fate.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Fate, Men

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• You must not think
  That we are made of stuff so fat and dull
  That we can let our beard be shook with danger
  And think it pastime.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Thinking, Dull

  William Shakespeare (1850). “Apophthegms from the plays of Shakespeare, by C. Lyndon”, p.16

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• Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I ha' lost my reputation, I ha' lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial!

  William Shakespeare

  Character, Reputation, Lost

  1603-4 Cassio to Iago. Othello, act 2, sc.3, l.256-8.

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• But thou art fair, and at thy birth, dear boy,
  Nature and Fortune join'd to make thee great:
  Of Nature's gifts thou mayst with lilies boast,
  And with the half-blown rose; but Fortune, O!

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Boys, Rose

  William Shakespeare (1837). “The Complete Works of William Shakspeare. Printed from the Text of the Most Renowned Editors, with ... Engravings, Accounts Historical and Explanatory of Each Play, a Copious and Elaborate Glossary, and the Author's Life [by C. Symmons].”, p.381

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• Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.

  William Shakespeare

  Home, Memorable, Youth

  'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' (1592-3) act 1, sc. 1, l. 2

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• Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content!
  Farewell the plumed troops, and the big wars
  That make ambition virtue.

  William Shakespeare

  War, Farewell, Ambition

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 346

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• There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.

  William Shakespeare

  Trust, Honesty, Men

  William Shakespeare, George Walton Williams (1964). “The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet: A Critical Edition”, p.127, Duke University Press

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• If I for my opinion bleed, opinion shall be surgeon to my hurt, and keep me on the side where still I am.

  William Shakespeare

  Hurt, Sides, Opinion

  William Shakespeare (1841). “Dramatic works: from copy left by George Steevens with glossary and notes, and sketch of the life of Shakespeare”, p.11

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• Ready to go but never to return.

  William Shakespeare

  Return, Ready

  William Shakespeare (2010). “Romeo and Juliet: In Full Colour, Cartoon Illustrated Format”, p.53, Shakespeare Comic Books

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• Patch up thine old body for heaven.

  William Shakespeare

  Heaven, Body, Patch Up

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 2, sc. 4, l. [249]

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• Let not the world see fear and sad distrust govern the motion of a kingly eye.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, World, Distrust

  William Shakespeare (1998). “The Life and Death of King John”, p.242, Oxford University Press, USA

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• I myself am best
  When least in company.

  William Shakespeare

  Solitude, Company

  William Shakespeare (1767). “The Works of Shakespeare: Twelfth-night; or, What you will. The merry wives of Windsor. The taming of the shrew. The comedy of errors”, p.11

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• Let still woman take An elder than herself: so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart, For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner to be lost and warn, Than women's are.

  William Shakespeare

  Husband, Heart, Boys

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 4, l. 29

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• And worse I may be yet: the worst is not So long as we can say 'This is the worst.

  William Shakespeare

  Long, May, Worst

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 4, sc. 1, l. 27

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• Where I could not be honest,
  I never yet was valiant.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Honesty, Being Honest

  William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes”, p.262

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• Courage mounteth with occasion.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Occasions

  'King John' (1591-8) act 2, sc. 1, l. 82

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• He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Use, Fool

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 5, sc. 4, l. [112]

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• Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear.

  William Shakespeare

  Loss, May, Hearing

  Cross, William Shakespeare (1989). “William Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.597, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• I am misanthropos, and hate mankind, For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dog, That I might love thee something.

  William Shakespeare

  Dog, Hate, Wish

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.2478, Oxford University Press

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