William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 83

• He doth nothing but talk of his horses.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Equestrian, Medieval War

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 2, l. [43]

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• Know more than other. Work more than other. Expect less than other

  William Shakespeare

  Knows

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• Death makes no conquest of this conqueror: For now he lives in fame, though not in life.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Fame, Conquest

  William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1872). “Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible Passages, Illustrative of the Various Passions, Affections and Emotions of the Human Mind”, p.126

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• Frailty, thy name is woman!

  William Shakespeare

  Funny, Memorable, Sassy

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 2, l. 129

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• Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Advice, Comfort

  William Shakespeare (2010). “Measure for Measure”, p.74, Palgrave Macmillan

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• I once did hold it, as our statists do,
  A baseness to write fair, and labour'd much
  How to forget that learning; but, sir, now
  It did me yeoman's service.

  William Shakespeare

  Writing, Yeoman, Fairness

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 2, l. 33

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• In love the heavens themselves do guide the state;
  Money buys lands, and wives are sold by fate.

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Fate, Land

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Nicholas Rowe (1807). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, with Explanatory Notes: To which is Added, a Copious Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words”, p.73

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• How low am I, thou painted maypole?

  William Shakespeare

  Lows

  "William Shakespeare: The Complete Works".

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• Love thyself last, cherish those hearts that hate thee;
  Corruption wins not more than honesty.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Honesty, Hate

  'Henry VIII' (1613) act 3, sc. 2, l. 441

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• Eternity was in our lips and eyes,
  Bliss in our brows' bent; none our parts so poor
  But was a race of heaven.

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Eye, Race

  'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 1, sc. 3, l. 35

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• Farewell, fair cruelty.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Funny, Farewell

  William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1824). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare”, p.78

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• Through tattered clothes great vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks. Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.

  William Shakespeare

  Strong, Clothes, Justice

  William Shakespeare (2004). “The Great Comedies and Tragedies”, p.795, Wordsworth Editions

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• The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.

  William Shakespeare

  Moon, Fire, Thieves

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, George Steevens, Richard Farmer (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.401

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• Sir, he's a good dog, and a fair dog.

  William Shakespeare

  Dog, Fairness, Good Dog

  William Shakespeare, Henry NEELE (1824). “Shakespeare's Plays, with notes by H. Neele. With engraved plates”

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• Base men being in love have then a nobility in their natures more than is native to them.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Men, Nobility

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, George Steevens (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.311

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• O fortune, fortune! all men call thee fickle.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Fickle, Juliet

  1595 Juliet. Romeo andJuliet, act 3, sc.5, l.60.

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• [Thine] face is not worth sunburning.

  William Shakespeare

  Hilarious, Faces

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• We few. We happy few. We band of brothers, for he today That sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother.

  William Shakespeare

  Brother, Business, Military

  'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 35

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• What win I, if I gain the thing I seek? A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy. Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week? Or sells eternity to get a toy? For one sweet grape who will the vine destroy? Or what fond beggar, but to touch the crown, Would with the sceptre straight be strucken down?

  William Shakespeare

  Dream, Sweet, Winning

  'The Rape Of Lucrece' (1594) l. 213

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• Every man has business and desire, Such as it is.

  William Shakespeare

  Business, Memorable, Men

  William Shakespeare (1720). “A Collection of the Best English Plays, Chosen Out of All the Best Authors..: Vol. I.”, p.28

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• When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.

  William Shakespeare

  Ambition, Men, Ambitious

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [97]

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• As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Romantic, Valentines Day

  1590-1 Julia to Lucetta.TheTwo Gentlemen ofVerona, act 2, sc.7, l.18-20.

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• By that sin fell the angels.

  William Shakespeare

  Angel, Sin

  'Henry VIII' (1613) act 3, sc. 2, l. 441

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• Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts- O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power So to seduce!

  William Shakespeare

  Wicked, Charity, Beast

  William Shakespeare (2001). “Hamlet”, p.100, Classic Books Company

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• Better be with the dead,
  Whom we to gain our peace, have sent to peace,
  Than on the torture of the mind to lie
  In restless ecstasy.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Anxiety, Mind

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 2, l. 11

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