William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 5

• All's well if all ends well.

  William Shakespeare

  Ends, Wells, Ifs

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• Many a true word hath been spoken in jest.

  William Shakespeare

  Jest, True Words

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• The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Wisdom, Men

  1599 Antony. Julius Caesar, act 3, sc.2, l.74-86.

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• Gently to hear, kindly to judge.

  William Shakespeare

  Judging, Charity

  William Shakespeare (1803). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.277

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• There is plenty of time to sleep in the grave

  William Shakespeare

  Sleep, Graves, Time To Sleep

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• Omittance is no quittance.

  William Shakespeare

  William Shakespeare, Lindsay Price, Theatrefolk (2004). “Scene-speare! : Shakespearean Scenes for Student Actors”, p.106, Theatrefolk

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• I have unclasp'd to thee the book even of my secret soul.

  William Shakespeare

  Book, Soul, Secret

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.62

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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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• There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [259]

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• There's small choice in rotten apples.

  William Shakespeare

  Apples, Choices, Liberty

  1593 Hortensio to Gremio.TheTaming of the Shrew, act1, sc.1, l.133-4.

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• Confusion now hath made his masterpiece.

  William Shakespeare

  Confused, Confusion, Emotion

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 3, l. [72]

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• An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.

  William Shakespeare

  Honesty, Honest, Speed

  'Richard III' (1591) act 4, sc. 4, l. 359

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• Speak low, if you speak love.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Silence, Romance

  'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 2, sc. 1, l. [104]

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• What seest thou else
  In the dark backward and abysm of time?

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Dark, Tempest

  'The Tempest' (1611) act 1, sc. 2, l. 49

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• Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Wine, People

  1613 Guildford. Henry VIII, act 1, sc.4, l.6-7.

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• All the world's a stage, and all the men and women mearly players.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Birthday, Men

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 139

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• Words spoken can not be recalled so think twice before you speak.

  William Shakespeare

  Thinking, Speak, Think Twice

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• Of all knowledge the wise and good seek most to know themselves.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Knows

  William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft (1812). “Aphorisms from Shakespeare”, p.68

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• Thoughts are but dreams till their effects are tried.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Dream, Effects

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• When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Our Actions, Brighten Your Day

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 4, sc. 2, l. 3

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• As chaste as is the bud ere it be blown.

  William Shakespeare

  Bud, Chastity, Chaste

  William Shakespeare, J. M. Nosworthy (2000). “Cymbeline: Second Series”, p.72, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• Hide not thy poison with such sugar'd words

  William Shakespeare

  Poison, Sugar

  King Henry VI, Part II (1590), Act III, scene 2.

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• Nature teaches beasts to know their friends.

  William Shakespeare

  Animal, Pet, Welfare

  1608 Sicinius. Coriolanus, act 2, sc.1, l.6.

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• Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, Shall win my love.

  William Shakespeare

  Kindness, Love You, Winning

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson (1765). “The plays of William Shakespeare in eight volumes: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Sam Johnson”, p.69

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• Nothing can come of nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Effort

  William Shakespeare (1917). “King Lear”, p.5, Library of Alexandria

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