William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 9

• Sweet are the uses of adversity

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Sports, Sweet

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 1, l. 12

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• Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Stars, Fate

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. 134

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• How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

  William Shakespeare

  Patience, Degrees, Poor

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 2, sc. 3, l. [379]

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• Tears water our growth.

  William Shakespeare

  Grief, Grieving, Water

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• The instruments of darkness tell us truths.

  William Shakespeare

  Sad, Truth, Darkness

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 3, l. 123

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• Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Doubt, Beacons

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.1931, Oxford University Press

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• You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Romantic, Age

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• Perseverance, my dear Lord. Keeps honour bright.

  William Shakespeare

  Perseverance, Dear Lord, Honour

  'Troilus And Cressida' (1602) act 3, sc. 3, l. 150

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• Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Success, Fear

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes”, p.35

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• Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman.

  William Shakespeare

  Excellent, Lows, Gentle

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 5, sc. 3, l. [274]

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• Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

  William Shakespeare

  Success, Mind, Mars

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• Make use of time, let not advantage slip.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Life, Time

  1593 Venus and Adonis, stanza 22, l.129-32.

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• Truth is truth to the end of reckoning.

  William Shakespeare

  Truth, Honesty, Memorable

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1773). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour lost”, p.121

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• Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

  William Shakespeare

  God, Ignorance, Knowledge

  William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.521

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• Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Long, Sorrow

  William Shakespeare, Colin Burrow (2002). “The Complete Sonnets and Poems”, p.326, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Time's the king of men; he's both their parent, and he is their grave, and gives them what he will, not what they crave.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Kings, Men

  William Shakespeare (1790). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators; to which are added An essay on the chronological order of his plays; an essay relative to Shakspeare and Jonson; a dissertation on the three parts of King Henry vi; an historical account of the English stage; and notes. By E. Malone. 10 vols. [in 11 pt.].”, p.531

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• Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Fear, Passion

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• Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.

  William Shakespeare

  Talking, Deeds And Words, Kind

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• Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you.

  William Shakespeare

  Fairness, Happy Hour, Hours

  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.197

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• I am wrapped in dismal thinking.

  William Shakespeare

  Thinking, Ennui

  Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, William Harvey, William Shakespeare (1831). “Tales from Shakspeare: designed for the use of young persons”, p.194

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• My only love sprung from my only hate.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Dream, Hate

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 1, sc. 5, l. [142]

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• God shall be my hope, my stay, my guide and lantern to my feet.

  William Shakespeare

  Hope, Powerful, Feet

  1592 Henry. Henry VI PartTwo, act 2, sc.3, l.24-5.

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• Love comforteth like sunshine after rain,
  But Lust's effect is tempest after sun;
  Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain,
  Lust's winter comes ere summer half be done;
  Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies;
  Love is all truth, Lust full of forged lies.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Summer, Spring

  William Shakespeare (1826). “The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare”, p.43

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• What's done can't be undone.

  William Shakespeare

  Done, Undone

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 1, l. [74]

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• Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Best Friend, Family

  William Shakespeare, Thomas PRICE (Late Chaplain in H.M. Convict Establishment at Woolwich.) (1839). “The Wisdom and Genius of Shakspeare; comprising moral philosophy, delineations of character, paintings of nature and the passions, and miscellaneous pieces ... With ... notes, and Scriptural references ... by the Rev. T. Price”, p.394

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