William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 45

• Hereditary sloth instructs me.

  William Shakespeare

  Sloth, Hereditary

  William Shakespeare, David Lindley (2013). “The Tempest”, p.158, Cambridge University Press

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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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• Thus die I, thus, thus, thus. Now am I dead, Now am I fled; My soul is in the sky: Tongue, lose thy light; Moon take thy flight. Now die, die, die, die, die.

  William Shakespeare

  Moon, Light, Sky

  "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

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• And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love.

  William Shakespeare

  May, Defeat, Desdemona

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 4, sc. 2, l. 159

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• But no perfection is so absolute, That some impurity doth not pollute.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Perfection, Absolutes

  William Shakespeare (1856). “The works of William Shakspere. Knight's Cabinet ed., with additional notes”, p.99

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• Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Law, Tunes

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. [159]

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• There is no slander in an allowed fool, though he do nothing but rail.

  William Shakespeare

  Fool, Slander, Rail

  William Shakespeare, Keir Elam (2008). “Twelfth Night: Third Series”, p.190, A&C Black

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• Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.

  William Shakespeare

  Sleep, Honey, Dew

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 1, l. 230

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• If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
  I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Giving, Reason

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 2, sc. 4, l. [267]

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• Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.

  William Shakespeare

  Praise, Prove

  William Shakespeare (2015). “Troilus and Cressida: Third Series, Revised Edition”, p.258, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Trying, Deeds

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 2, l. 2

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• For to define true madness,
  What is't but to be nothing else but mad?

  William Shakespeare

  Truth, Mad, Madness

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. 93

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• And nature must obey necessity.

  William Shakespeare

  Nature, Science

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 225

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• Avaunt, you cullions!

  William Shakespeare

  Sassy

  William Shakespeare (1995). “King Henry V: Third Series”, p.206, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• They are hare-brain'd slaves.

  William Shakespeare

  Sassy, Brain, Slave

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.1139, BookCaps Study Guides

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• When the age is in, the wit is out

  William Shakespeare

  Age, Wit

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

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• Come, go with us, speak fair; you may salve so,
  Not what is dangerous present, but the los
  Of what is past.

  William Shakespeare

  Past, May, Fairness

  William Shakespeare (2009). “Three Classical Tragedies”, p.476, Bantam Classics

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• We must be brief when traitors brave the field.

  William Shakespeare

  Brave, Fields, Traitor

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.516, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Nay, had I pow'r, I should
  Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell,
  Uproar the universal peace, confound
  All unity on earth.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Unity, Earth

  William Shakespeare (2000). “Macbeth”, p.158, Penguin

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• We must follow, not force Providence.

  William Shakespeare

  Force, Providence

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• Put on
  The dauntless spirit of resolution.

  William Shakespeare

  Spirit, Resolution, Dauntless

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.343

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• How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!

  William Shakespeare

  Mean, Sight, Deeds Done

  'King John' (1591-8) act 4, sc. 2, l. 219

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• So foul and fair a day I have not seen.

  William Shakespeare

  Important Macbeth, Foul, Darkness In Macbeth

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 3, l. 38

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• Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Lear, Has Beens

  Cross, William Shakespeare (1989). “William Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.895, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• In thy foul throat thou liest.

  William Shakespeare

  Foul, Throat

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: Richard III. Henry VIII”, p.24

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