William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 83

• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• [Thine] face is not worth sunburning.

  William Shakespeare

  Hilarious, Faces

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good.
  Pity is the virtue of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Hands, Law

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• Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.

  William Shakespeare

  Gears, Wenches, Fortune

  William Shakespeare (2015). “The Merchant of Venice: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition”, p.68, Broadview Press

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• Full fathom five thy father lies;
  Of his bones are coral made;
  Those are pearls that were his eyes;
  Nothing of him that doth fade,
  But doth suffer a sea-change
  Into something rich and strange.
  Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
  Ding-dong.
  Hark! now I hear them — Ding-dong, bell.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Father, Eye

  'The Tempest' (1611) act 1, sc. 2, l. 394

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• Women are not In their best fortunes strong, but want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal.

  William Shakespeare

  Strong, Want, Fortune

  William Shakespeare (2005). “Antony and Cleopatra”, Cambridge University Press

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• I have neither the scholar's melancholy, which is emulation; nor the musician's, which is fantastical; nor the courtier's, which is proud; not the soldier's which is ambitious; nor the lawyer's, which is politic; nor the lady's, which is nice; nor the lover's, which is all these: but it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and indeed the sundry contemplation of my travels, which, by often rumination, wraps me in a most humorous sadness.

  William Shakespeare

  Nice, Humorous, Sadness

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.747, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Fortune is painted blind, with a muffler afore her eyes, to signify to you that Fortune is blind.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Blind, Fortune

  William Shakespeare (1998). “Henry V”, p.187, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Men's eyes were made to look, and let them gaze. I will not budge for no man's pleasure.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Men, Looks

  "Romeo and Juliet".

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• No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.

  William Shakespeare

  Fierce, Pity, Beast

  'Richard III' (1591) act 1, sc. 2, l. 71

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• In law, what plea so tainted and corrupts, but being seasoned with a gracious voice obscures the show of evil.

  William Shakespeare

  Law, Voice, Venice

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 2, l. 73

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• But I remember now
  I am in this earthly world, where to do harm
  Is often laudable, to do good sometime
  Accounted dangerous folly.

  William Shakespeare

  Stupidity, World, Remember

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.310

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• Light seeking light doth light of light beguile: So, ere you find where light in darkness lies, Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Eye, Dark

  William Shakespeare (1862). “The Works of Shakespeare”, p.52

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• Love that we cannot have is the one that lasts the longest,hurts the deepest,but feels the strongest

  William Shakespeare

  Hurt, Lasts, Feels

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