William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 64

• Music, moody food Of us that trade in love.

  William Shakespeare

  Trade, Moody

  1606 Cleopatra. Antony and Cleopatra, act 2, sc.5, l.1-2.

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• Sometimes when we are labeled, when we are branded our brand becomes our calling.

  William Shakespeare

  Calling, Sometimes, Branded

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• When workmen strive to do better than well, they do confound their skill in covetousness.

  William Shakespeare

  Skills, Excellence, Strive

  William Shakespeare (1790). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators; to which are added An essay on the chronological order of his plays; an essay relative to Shakspeare and Jonson; a dissertation on the three parts of King Henry vi; an historical account of the English stage; and notes. By E. Malone. 10 vols. [in 11 pt.].”, p.529

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• The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem
  For that sweet odour which doth in it live.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Flower, Rose

  1609 Sonnets, sonnet 54.

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• Many strokes, though with a little axe, hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Down And, Littles

  1592 Messenger to Richard telling of his fatherYork's death. HenryVI PartThree, act 2, sc.1, l.54-5.

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• As in a theatre, the eyes of men, after a well-graced actor leaves the stage, are idly bent on him that enters next.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Men, Theatre

  'Richard II' (1595) act 5, sc. 2, l. 23

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• It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Stars, Conditions

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 4, sc. 3, l. [34]

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• I bear a charmed life.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Life, Bears

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell (1821). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.271

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• Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Arrows, Cupid

  William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1824). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq., with Glossarial Notes and a Sketch of the Life of Shakespeare”, p.128

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• Let's take the instant by the forward top;
  For we are old, and on our quick'st decrees
  The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time
  Steals ere we can effect them.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Feet, Stealing

  "All's Well That Ends Well". Play by Thomas Middleton and William Shakespeare, 1741

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• Assume a virtue if you have it not.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Assuming, Assumption

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 4, l. 160

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• I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world

  William Shakespeare

  Safety, Enmity, World

  Cross, William Shakespeare (1989). “William Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.449, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• This England never did, nor never shall,
  Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror,
  But when it first did help to wound itself.
  Now these her princes are come home again,
  Come the three corners of the world in arms,
  And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue,
  If England to itself do rest but true.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Home, Feet

  'King John' (1591-8) act 5, sc. 7, l. 112

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• If men could be contented to be what they are, there were no fear in marriage.

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Men, No Fear

  William Shakespeare (1824). “The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare”, p.196

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• Tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus.

  William Shakespeare

  "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice".

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• They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Running, Angel

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• I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum.

  William Shakespeare

  Brother, Hamlet And Ophelia, Tempest

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 1, l. [291]

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• thus with a kiss I die

  William Shakespeare

  Kissing, Romance, Dies

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Mr Theobald (Lewis), Isaac Reed (1803). “Romeo and Juliet. Comedy of errors”, p.247

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• What sadness lengthens Romeo’s hours?

  William Shakespeare

  Sadness, Romeo And Juliet Love, Hours

  William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.20, Classic Books Company

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• He that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail.

  William Shakespeare

  Juliet, Sail, Courses

  William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.68, Classic Books Company

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• Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Rain, Play

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 33

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• The apparel oft proclaims the man.

  William Shakespeare

  Fashion, Men, Clothes

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• A pair of star-crossed lovers.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Stars, Pairs

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) prologue

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• 'Tis thought the king is dead; we will not stay. The bay trees in our country are all wither'd.

  William Shakespeare

  Country, Kings, Tree

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.87

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• If ever thou shalt love,
  In the sweet pangs of it remember me;
  For such as I am all true lovers are,
  Unstaid and skittish in all motions else
  Save in the constant image of the creature
  That is beloved.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Lovers, Beloved

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 4, l. 15

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