William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 97

• Now the time is come,
  That France must veil her lofty-plumed crest,
  And let her head fall into England's lap.

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Victory, Lap

  William Shakespeare (1840*). “The Works of Shakspeare; from the Text of the Standard Edition by Isaac Reed”, p.468

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• But virtue never will be mov'd,
  Though lewdness court it in a shape of heaven.

  William Shakespeare

  Heaven, Shapes, Virtue

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.837

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• If our virtues did not go forth of us, it were all alike as if we had them not.

  William Shakespeare

  Virtue, Thrifty, Ifs

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• Virtue that transgresses is but patched with sin; and sin that amends is but patched with virtue.

  William Shakespeare

  Sin, Virtue, Amends

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. [52]

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• My heart laments that virtue cannot live
  Out of the teeth of emulation.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Envy, Teeth

  William Shakespeare, Ad Brown (1850). “Julius Caesar ... With explanatory French notes, by Ad. Brown. Improved with a copious selection of notes from Johnson, Steevens, Malone, Theobald, Warburton, etc”, p.101

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• Therefore it is most expedient for the wise, if Don Worm (his conscience) find no impediment to the contrary, to be the trumpet of his own virtues, as I am to myself.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Virtue, Trumpets

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Much Ado About Nothing Simplified!: Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling”, p.263, BookCaps Study Guides

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• The appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremony.

  William Shakespeare

  Fashion, Welcome, Ceremony

  William Shakespeare (2001). “Hamlet”, p.169, Classic Books Company

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• There is a river in Macedon, and there is moreover a river in Monmouth. It is called Wye at Monmouth, but it is out of my prains what is the name of the other river; but 'tis all one, 'tis alike as my fingers is to my fingers, and there is salmons in both.

  William Shakespeare

  Names, Rivers, Fingers

  'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 7, l. [28]

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• What can be avoided
  Whose end is purposed by the mighty gods?

  William Shakespeare

  Fate, Ends, Mighty God

  BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2011). “Julius Caesar In Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation): BookCaps Study Guide”, p.427, BookCaps Study Guides

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• For a noble heart, the most precious gift becomes poor, when the giver stops loving.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Noble, Poor

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• How poor are they that have have not patients.

  William Shakespeare

  Patient, Poor

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• Thus may poor fools Belive false teachers.

  William Shakespeare

  Teacher, May, Fool

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• Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them
  Printing their proud hoofs i' the receiving earth.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Thinking, Receiving

  William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1817). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Dr. Johnson, G. Steevens, and Others”, p.12

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• O England! Model to thy inward greatness, like little body with a might heart.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Greatness, Inward

  'Henry V' (1599) act 2, chorus, l. 16

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• It's easy for someone to joke about scars if they've never been cut.

  William Shakespeare

  Cutting, Scar, Easy

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• Sleep knits up the raveled sleeve of care.

  William Shakespeare

  Sleep, Care, Macbeth Sleep

  William Shakespeare (1998). “The Tragedy of Macbeth”, p.127, Oxford University Press, USA

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• They may seize
  On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand
  And steal immortal blessing from her lips,
  Who, even in pure and vestal modesty,
  Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.

  William Shakespeare

  Kissing, Blessing, Thinking

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edward Capell, Alexander Pope, George Steevens (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.148

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• No stony bulwark can resist the love, and love dares what anyone can love.

  William Shakespeare

  And Love, Dare, Love Dare

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• O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Mad, Heaven

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 1, sc. 5, l. [51]

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• I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.

  William Shakespeare

  Daughter, Father, May

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.1216, Oxford University Press

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• If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Future, Knowledge

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Play, Venice

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 77

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• The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

  William Shakespeare

  Women, Memorable, Important

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [242]

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• Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Adversity, Jewels

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

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• Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.

  William Shakespeare

  Children, Father, Eye

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