William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 78

• The whirligig of time brings in his revenges.

  William Shakespeare

  Karma, Time, Revenge

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 5, sc. 1, l. [388]

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• Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back
  Wherein he puts alms for oblivion,
  A great-sized monster of ingratitudes:
  Those scraps are good deeds past, which are devour'd
  As fast as they are made, forgot as soon as done.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Past, Monsters

  'Troilus And Cressida' (1602) act 3, sc. 3, l. 145

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• And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye,
  Says very wisely, "It is ten o'clock:
  Thus we may see," quoth he, "how the world wags."

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Eye, World

  William Shakespeare, Michael Hattaway (2009). “As You Like It”, p.133, Cambridge University Press

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• See the minutes, how they run,
  How many make the hour full complete;
  How many hours bring about the day;
  How many days will finish up the year;
  How many years a mortal man may live.

  William Shakespeare

  Running, Time, Men

  'Henry VI, Part 3' (1592) act 1, sc. 5, l. 21

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• They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps.

  William Shakespeare

  Communication, Language, Stolen

  'Love's Labour's Lost' (1595) act 5, sc. 1, l. [39]

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• The end crowns all,
  And that old common arbitrator, Time,
  Will one day end it.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Memorable, One Day

  'Troilus And Cressida' (1602) act 4, sc. 5, l. 223

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• Old fashions please me best; I am not so nice
  To change true rules for odd inventions.

  William Shakespeare

  Change, Fashion, Nice

  1593 Bianca to Hortensio.TheTaming of the Shrew, act 3, sc.1, l.78-9.

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• Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary.

  William Shakespeare

  Procrastination, Delay, Snail

  William Shakespeare, James R. Siemon (2009). “King Richard III: Third Series”, p.332, A&C Black

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• God mark thee to His grace! Thou was the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed. And might I live to see thee married once, I have my wish.

  William Shakespeare

  Baby, Grace, Wish

  William Shakespeare, Alan Durband (1990). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.52, Nelson Thornes

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• O, how I faint when I of you do write, Knowing a better spirit doth use your name, And in the praise thereof spends all his might To make me tongue-tied speaking of your fame.

  William Shakespeare

  Writing, Names, Knowing

  William Shakespeare, Howard Staunton (1860). “The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems”, p.772

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• O faithless coward! O dishonest wretch!
  Wilt thou be made a man out of my vice?

  William Shakespeare

  Sassy, Men, Coward

  William Shakespeare (1838). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare”, p.105

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• Thy food is such
  As hath been belch'd on by infected lungs.

  William Shakespeare

  Food, Sassy, Lungs

  William Shakespeare, John Glover (of Cambridge?.) (1866). “The Works of William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra. Cynbeline. Pericles. Poems”, p.400

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• I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed
  monster!

  William Shakespeare

  Sassy, Laughing, Monsters

  William Shakespeare, Richard Proudfoot, Ann Thompson, David Scott Kastan (2001). “Arden Shakespeare Complete Works”, p.1084, A&C Black

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• Thou sodden-witted lord! thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows.

  William Shakespeare

  Sassy, Brain, Elbows

  William Shakespeare (1998). “Troilus and Cressida”, p.86, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The man that hath no music in himself

  William Shakespeare

  Music, Philosophical, Men

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 5, sc. 1, l. 79

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• He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen, him not know t, and he's not robbed at all.

  William Shakespeare

  Crime, Stolen, Crime And Criminals

  William Shakespeare (1835). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: With a Life of the Poet, and Notes, Original and Selected; Together with a Copious Glossary”, p.622

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• Marriage is a matter of more worth
  Than to be dealt in by attorneyship.

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Matter

  1592 Suffolk. Henry VI Part One, act 5, sc.7, l.55-6.

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• I will be master of what is mine own:
  She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house,
  My household stuff, my field, my barn,
  My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing.

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Horse, House

  Cross, William Shakespeare (1989). “William Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.346, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• Come,
  Let's have one other gaudy night. Call to me
  All my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more.
  Let's mock the midnight bell.

  William Shakespeare

  Retirement, Farewell, Night

  'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 3, sc. 11, l. 182

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• O, that our fathers would applause our loves, To seal our happiness with hteir consents!

  William Shakespeare

  Father, Our Love, Applause

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• I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Men, Thank God

  'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 3, sc. 5, l. [15]

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• I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting gently.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Gonzalo From Tempest, Command

  William Shakespeare, David Lindley (2002). “The Tempest”, p.115, Cambridge University Press

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• The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Sea, Gaudy

  'Henry VI, Part 2' (1592) act 4, sc. 1, l. 1

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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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