William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 71

• We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them.

  William Shakespeare

  Modesty, Foul, Clearness

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1805). “As you like it. All's well that ends well”, p.179

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• I do repent; but heaven hath pleas'd it so
  To punish me with this, and this with me,
  That I must be their scourge and minister.
  I will bestow him, and will answer well
  The death I gave him. So again good night.
  I must be cruel only to be kind.
  Thus bad begins and worse remains behind.

  William Shakespeare

  Good Night, Heaven, Answers

  William Shakespeare (1868). “The Works of William Shakspeare. Life, Glossary, &c. Reprinted from the Original Edition, and Compared with All Recent Commentators”, p.610

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• The king's name is a tower of strength.

  William Shakespeare

  Strength, Kings, Names

  'Richard III' (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 12

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• Men judge by the complexion of the sky The state and inclination of the day.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Sky, Judging

  William Shakespeare, Charles R. Forker (2002). “King Richard II: Third Series”, p.333, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Ears, Tongue

  'Love's Labour's Lost' (1595) act 5, sc. 2, l. [869]

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• Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure; let us be jocund

  William Shakespeare

  Joy, Pleasure, Merry

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Alexander Pope (1794). “Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measure”, p.64

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• He does me double wrong
  That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue.

  William Shakespeare

  Doe, Tongue, Flattery

  William Shakespeare, Charles R. Forker (2002). “King Richard II: Third Series”, p.335, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love... 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
  What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Sweet, Art

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 43

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• The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To th' bottom of the worst.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Doubt, Tents

  William Shakespeare, Anthony B. Dawson (2003). “Troilus and Cressida”, p.118, Cambridge University Press

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• If you love an addle egg as well as you love an idle head, you would eat chickens i' th' shell.

  William Shakespeare

  Eggs, Shells, Eating

  William Shakespeare (2015). “Troilus and Cressida: Third Series, Revised Edition”, p.170, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Fat paunches have lean pates, and dainty bits Make rich the ribs, but backrout quite the wits.

  William Shakespeare

  Ribs, Eating, Rich

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• What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?

  William Shakespeare

  Beef, Pieces, Eating

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 4, sc. 3, l. [23]

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• My cake is dough, but I'll in among the rest, Out of hope of all but my share of the feast.

  William Shakespeare

  Cake, Eating, Share

  William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell, George Steevens (1821). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.508

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• Condemn the fault and not the actor of it?

  William Shakespeare

  Actors, Faults, Measure For Measure

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 2, sc. 2, l. 37

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• A fool's bolt is soon shot.

  William Shakespeare

  Fool, Shots, Folly

  William Shakespeare (1805). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of Mr. Steeven's [!] Last Edition, with a Selection of the Most Important Notes ...”, p.175

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• Methinks a father Is at the nuptial of his son a guest That best becomes the table.

  William Shakespeare

  Father, Son, Guests

  William Shakespeare, William Dodd (1842). “The Beauties of Shakspeare: Regularly Selected from Each Play : with a General Index Digesting Them Under Proper Heads”, p.93

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• Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn but I shall have my pocket picked?

  William Shakespeare

  Pockets, Ease, Inns

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 3, sc. 3, l. [91]

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• We are not ourselves When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind To suffer with the body.

  William Shakespeare

  Insanity, Mind, Suffering

  William Shakespeare (1860). “The Mind of Shakspeare as Exhibited in His Works”, p.157

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• If you shall marry, You give away this hand, and this is mine; You give away heaven's vows, and those are mine; You give away myself, which is known mine; For I by vow am so embodied yours That she which marries you must marry me-- Either both or none.

  William Shakespeare

  Hands, Giving, Heaven

  William Shakespeare, William Harness, William Gilmore Simms (1842). “The Complete Works of William Shakspeare”, p.252

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• So holy writ in babes hath judgment shown When judges have been babes; great floods have flown From simple sources, and great seas have dried When miracles have by the greatest been denied.

  William Shakespeare

  Simple, Sea, Judging

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope (1821). “Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare”, p.362

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• No place indeed should murder sanctuarize; Revenge should have no bounds.

  William Shakespeare

  Revenge, Should Have, Murder

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 4, sc. 7, l. 127

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• Very good orators, when they are out, they will spit; and for lovers, lacking--God warn us!--matter, the cleanliest shift is to kiss.

  William Shakespeare

  Kissing, Oratory, Matter

  William Shakespeare (1767). “Mr. William Shakespeare: A midsummer night's dream. The merchant of Venice. As you like it. The taming of the shrew”

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• O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world, And rouse from sleep that fell anatomy Which cannot hear a lady's feeble voice, Which scorns a modern invocation.

  William Shakespeare

  Passion, Sleep, Voice

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.89, BookCaps Study Guides

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• To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master And cried, 'All hail!' when as he meant all harm.

  William Shakespeare

  Hail, Masters, Harm

  William Shakespeare (2013). “The Wars of the Roses In Plain and Simple English: Includes Henry VI Parts 1 - 3 & Richard III, Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V”, p.692, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose, Working so grossly in a natural cause That admiration did not whoop at them; But thou, 'gainst all proportion, didst bring in Wonder to wait on treason and on murder; And whatsoever cunning fiend it was That wrought upon thee so preposterously Hath got the voice in hell for excellence.

  William Shakespeare

  Two, Voice, Waiting

  William Shakespeare (1995). “King Henry V: Third Series”, p.174, Cengage Learning EMEA

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