William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 65

• So get the start of the majestic world
  And bear the palm alone.

  William Shakespeare

  Cassius, World, Majestic

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. 128

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• Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
  Begin it with weak straws.

  William Shakespeare

  Fire, Haste, Weak

  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.27

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• Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.

  William Shakespeare

  Bachelors

  William Shakespeare (1869). “Shilling annotated Plays of Shakspeare for Students: Each Play with Explanatory and Illustrative Notes Critical Remarks and other Aids to a thorough understanding of the Drama. Edited for the use of Schools and Students preparing for Examination By the Rev. John Hunter”, p.96

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• There is a devilish mercy in the judge, if you'll implore it, that will free your life, but fetter you till death.

  William Shakespeare

  Judging, Mercy, Fetters

  William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Edmond Malone, Charles Symmons (1842). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: From the Text of the Corrected Copies of Steevens and Malone, with a Life of the Poet”, p.84

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• Love, whose month is ever May,
  Spied a blossom passing fair,
  Playing in the wanton air:
  Through the velvet leaves the wind,
  All unseen can passage find;
  That the lover, sick to death,
  Wish'd himself the heaven's breath.

  William Shakespeare

  Air, Wind, Sick

  William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier (1847). “Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life”

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• There's daggers in men's smiles.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Daggers

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 3, l. [146]

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• To be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour.

  William Shakespeare

  Hours, Born, Merry

  William Shakespeare (1864). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.117

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• Look on beauty,
  And you shall see 'tis purchased by the weight,
  Which therein works a miracle in nature,
  Making them lightest that wear most of it.

  William Shakespeare

  Beauty, Women, Miracle

  1596-7 Bassanio, aside.TheMerchant ofVenice, act 3, sc.2, l.88-91.

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• Ten masts make not the altitude
  Which thou hast perpendicularly fell.
  Thy life's a miracle.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Miracle, Masts

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.797

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• I cannot draw a cart, nor eat dried oats;
  If it be man's work, I'll do't.

  William Shakespeare

  Work, Men, Oats

  William Shakespeare (1812). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.99

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• The blood weeps from my heart when I do shape,
  In forms imaginary, th' unguided days
  And rotten times that you shall look upon
  When I am sleeping with my ancestors.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Sleep, Blood

  William Shakespeare (2016). “King Henry IV Part 2: Third Series”, p.363, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• I will despair, and be at enmity
  With cozening hope.

  William Shakespeare

  Despair, Enmity

  William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe (1823). “Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare”, p.376

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• Hate pollutes the mind.

  William Shakespeare

  Hate, Mind

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• If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do my liking. In the meantime, let me be that I am, and seek not toalter me.

  William Shakespeare

  Freedom, Liberty, Selfishness

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Much Ado About Nothing Simplified!: Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling”, p.98, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Now no way can I stray;
  Save back to England, all the world's my way.

  William Shakespeare

  Travel, World, Way

  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.36

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• The fewer men, the greater share of honor.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Honor, Fame

  'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 20

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• The poor world is almost six thousand years old, and in all this time there was not any man died in his own person,
  videlicet, in a love-cause.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Years, World

  William Shakespeare, Michael Hattaway (2009). “As You Like It”, p.180, Cambridge University Press

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• Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it
  Without a prompter.

  William Shakespeare

  Peace, Fighting, Should Have

  William Shakespeare (1792). “The Shakspeare gallery; containing a select series of scenes and characters, accompanied by criticisms and remarks, on 50 (40) plates (designed by H. Singleton).”

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• Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Travel, Pace

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [328]

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• 'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

  William Shakespeare

  Flower, Sleep, Safety

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.641, BookCaps Study Guides

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• If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Venice, Church

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 2, l. [13]

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• Death is a fearful thing.

  William Shakespeare

  Fearful

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 3, sc. 1, l. 114

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• There's place and means for every man alive.

  William Shakespeare

  Mean, Men, Alive

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.270, BookCaps Study Guides

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• My pride fell with my fortunes.

  William Shakespeare

  Pride, Fortune

  William Shakespeare, Juliet Dusinberre (2006). “As You Like It: Third Series”, p.175, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• For mine own part, it was Greek to me.

  William Shakespeare

  Greek

  "The Works of Shakespear". From Mr. Pope's Edition,

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