William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 86

• I had rather eleven died nobly for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of action.

  William Shakespeare

  Country, Action, Eleven

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• I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall; I'll slay more gazers than the basalisks; I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, Decieve more slily that Ulysses could, And like a Sinon, take another Troy. I can add colors to the chameleon, Change shapes with Proteus for advantages And set the murderous Machiavel to school. Can I do this, and cannot get a crown? Tut! were it further off, I'll pluck it down.

  William Shakespeare

  School, Color, Play

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• In winter's tedious nights sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales Of woeful ages, long ago betid

  William Shakespeare

  Winter, Night, Fire

  'Richard II' (1595) act 5, sc. 1, l. 40

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• To die: - to sleep: No more; and, by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Sleep, Heart

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

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• O madam, my old heart is cracked, it's cracked!

  William Shakespeare

  Heartbreak, Grief, Heart

  William Shakespeare, Jay L. Halio (1992). “The Tragedy of King Lear”, p.145, Cambridge University Press

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• Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.

  William Shakespeare

  Book, Reading, Beer

  William Shakespeare, Khan (2001). “The Tempest”, p.15, Orient Blackswan

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• He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.

  William Shakespeare

  Strength, Memorable, Stronger

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• Now, good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!

  William Shakespeare

  Waiting, Digestion, Appetite

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 4, l. 38

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• He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace and fear: And you all know, security Is mortals' chiefest enemy.

  William Shakespeare

  Fate, Grace, Enemy

  William Shakespeare (2008). “Macbeth”, p.202, Cambridge University Press

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• Oh, how this spring of love resembleth, The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all beauty of the Sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away

  William Shakespeare

  Spring, Love You, Clouds

  'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' (1592-3) act 1, sc. 3, l. 84

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• ...an old man is twice a child.

  William Shakespeare

  Children, Men, Aging

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.842

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• O momentary grace of mortal men,
  Which we more hunt for than the grace of God!

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Grace, Religion

  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.854, BookCaps Study Guides

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• There is no creature loves me;
  And if I die, no soul will pity me.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Soul, Despair

  'Richard III' (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 201

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• O, full of scorpions is my mind!

  William Shakespeare

  Mind, Scorpions

  William Shakespeare (1997). “Macbeth: Second Series”, p.83, A&C Black

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• Unquiet meals make ill digestions.

  William Shakespeare

  Meals, Eating And Drinking, Digestion

  William Shakespeare, George Somers Bellamy (1875). “The New Shaksperian Dictionary of Quotations: (With Marginal Classification and Reference.)”, p.58

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• I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.

  William Shakespeare

  Venice, Mind, Villain

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 3, l. [179]

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• Presume not that I am the thing I was.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Philosophy, History

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 5, sc. 5, l. [61]

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• O thou that dost inhabit in my breast, leave not the mansion so long tenantless; lest, growing ruinous, the building fall and leave no memory of what it was!

  William Shakespeare

  Memories, Fall, Long

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.126

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• The will is infinite and the execution confin'd, the desire is boundless and the act a slave to limit.

  William Shakespeare

  Lust, Desire, Limits

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Troilus and Cressida In Plain and Simple English: A Modern Translation and the Original Version”, p.133, BookCaps Study Guides

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• O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. . . . She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomi Athwart men’s noses as they lie asleep.

  William Shakespeare

  Queens, Lying, Team

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 1, sc. 4, l. 53

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• Suit the action to the word : the word to the action : with this special observance that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature.

  William Shakespeare

  Special, Acting, Suits

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [19]

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• I know them, yea,
  And what they weigh, even to the utmost scruple;
  Scambling, out-facing, fashion-mong'ring boys,
  That lie, and cog, and flout, deprave, and slander,
  Go antickly, and show outward hideousness,
  And speak off half a dozen dangerous words,
  How they might hurt their enemies, if they durst;
  And this is all.

  William Shakespeare

  Fashion, Hurt, Lying

  William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier (1858). “Much ado about nothing. Love's labour's lost. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming of the shrew. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night”, p.71

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• If fortune torments me, hope contents me.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Fortune, Torment

  William Shakespeare (2000). “The Histories and Poems of Shakespeare: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.1785, Modern Library

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• What a piece of work is a man

  William Shakespeare

  Philosophical, Men, Pieces

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [316]

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• God bless thee; and put meekness in thy breast, Love, charity, obedience, and true duty!

  William Shakespeare

  Charity, Obedience, God Bless

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.426, BookCaps Study Guides

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