William Shakespeare Quotes

William shakespeare - our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues...
The quality of mercy is not strained It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.
William Shakespeare
His life was gentle; and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!
William Shakespeare
Simply the thing I am shall make me live.
William Shakespeare
Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.
William Shakespeare
This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.
William Shakespeare
If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work.
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William shakespeare - a wretched soul, bruised with adversity, we bid...
The attempt and not the deed Confounds us.
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The soul of this man is in his clothes.
William Shakespeare
To be a well - Flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read comes by nature.
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William shakespeare - he is winding the watch of his wit by and by it...
It is not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after.
William Shakespeare
Life is as tedious as a twice - Told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
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Action is eloquence.
William Shakespeare
He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him if stronger, spare thyself.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.
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Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
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There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. Open, locks, Whoever knocks.
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How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown.
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A horse a horse my kingdom for a horse.
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Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
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Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war.
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We do not keep the outward form of order, where there is deep disorder in the mind.
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I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood.
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To wilful men, the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters.
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Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!
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They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps.
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The peace of heaven is theirs that lift their swords, in such a just an charitable war.
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The devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape.
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Reputation is an idle and most false imposition oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
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So may he rest, his faults lie gently on him.
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For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth.
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Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.
William Shakespeare
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.
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O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.
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A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain.
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But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honoured in the breach than the observance.
William Shakespeare