William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 74

• Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? - Lady Macbeth

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Blood, Hands

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 1, l. [38]

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• I am your wife if you will marry me. If not, I'll die your maid. To be your fellow You may deny me, but I'll be your servant Whether you will or no.

  William Shakespeare

  Wife, Maids, May

  'The Tempest' (1611) act 3, sc. 1, l. 83

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• Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee!

  William Shakespeare

  Creativity, Creative, Shame

  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.374

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• If I shall be condemned Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else But what your jealousies awake, I tell you 'Tis rigor and not law.

  William Shakespeare

  Jealous, Sleep, Law

  William Shakespeare (2014). “The Winter's Tale: A Broadview Internet Shakespeare Edition”, p.109, Broadview Press

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• But jealous souls will not be answered so, They are not ever jealous for the cause, But jealous for they're jealous. 'Tis a monster Begot upon itself, born on itself.

  William Shakespeare

  Jealous, Soul, Monsters

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 4, l. 158

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• . . from this moment The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even now, To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Hands, Crowns

  William Shakespeare, A. R. Braunmuller (1997). “Macbeth”, p.18, Cambridge University Press

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• Well, I'll repent, and that suddenly, while I am in some liking; I shall be out of heart shortly, and then I shall have no strength to repent.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Repent, Wells

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 3, sc. 3, l. [5]

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• For there was never yet philosoper
  That could endure the toothache patiently,
  However they have writ the style of gods,
  And made a push at chance and sufferance.

  William Shakespeare

  Style, Endurance, Chance

  William Shakespeare (1998). “Much Ado About Nothing”, p.109, Penguin

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• Free from gross passion or of mirth of anger constant spirit, not swerving with the blood, garnish'd and deck'd in modest compliment, not working with the eye without the ear, and but in purged judgement trusting neither? Such and so finely bolted didst thou seem.

  William Shakespeare

  Passion, Eye, Blood

  William Shakespeare (1838). “Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of Each Play, and a Memoir of the Author by William Harness”, p.431

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• 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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• Right joyous are we to behold your face, Most worthy brother England; fairly met!

  William Shakespeare

  Brother, Faces, England

  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.1818, BookCaps Study Guides

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• My joy is death- Death, at whose name I oft have been afeard, Because I wish'd this world's eternity.

  William Shakespeare

  Names, Joy, Wish

  William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1832). “The Shakespearian Dictionary, Forming a General Index to All the Popular Expressions, and Most Striking Passages in the Works of Shakespeare, from a Few Words to Fifty Or More Lines ... By T. Dolby”, p.60

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• Bring me a constant woman to her husband, One that ne'er dream'd a joy beyond his pleasure, And to that woman, when she has done most, Yet will I add an honour-a great patience.

  William Shakespeare

  Dream, Husband, Joy

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Henry VIII! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.156, BookCaps Study Guides

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• O love, be moderate, allay thy ecstasy, In measure rain thy joy, scant this excess!

  William Shakespeare

  Rain, Love Is, Joy

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Edward Capell, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.205

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• Do you take me for a sponge, my lord? hamlet: Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end: he keeps them, like an ape, in the corner of his jaw; first mouthed, to be last swallowed: when he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again. rosencrantz: I understand you not, my lord. hamlet: I am glad of it: a knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Sleep, Apes

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• A table-full of welcome!

  William Shakespeare

  Thank You, Tables, Welcome

  William Shakespeare, R.A. Foakes (1962). “Arden Shakespeare: The Comedy Of Errors: Second Series”, p.42, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• They are fairies; he that speaks to them shall die. I'll wink and couch; no man their works must eye.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Men, Speak

  William Shakespeare (1850). “The dramatic works and poems of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of Steevens and Malone, with life, and historical, critical, and explanatory notices by A. Cunningham, a glossary and illustrations”, p.58

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• Appetite, a universal wolf.

  William Shakespeare

  Food, Cooking, Culinary

  William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1832). “The Shakespearian Dictionary, Forming a General Index to All the Popular Expressions, and Most Striking Passages in the Works of Shakespeare, from a Few Words to Fifty Or More Lines ... By T. Dolby”, p.231

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• O' thinkest thou we shall ever meet again? I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve For sweet discourses in our times to come.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Doubt, Woe

  William Shakespeare, Jay L. Halio (2008). “Romeo and Juliet: Parallel Texts of Quarto 1 (1597) and Quarto 2 (1599)”, p.83, Associated University Presse

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• If they love they know not why, they hate upon no better ground, they hate upon no better a ground

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Hate, Knows

  William Shakespeare, Barry Cornwall (1857). “Complete Works of Shakespeare”, p.432

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