William Shakespeare Quotes
Silence is the perfectest herald of joy I were but little happy, if I could say how much.William Shakespeare
The fashion wears out more apparel than the man.William Shakespeare
Out, damned spot out, I say.William Shakespeare
No legacy is so rich as honesty.William Shakespeare
There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.William Shakespeare
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.William Shakespeare
To thine own self be true -; And it must follow as the night the day; Thou canst not be false to any man.William Shakespeare
If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work.William Shakespeare
Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.William Shakespeare
I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace, and part of this body and my soul with contemplation and devout desires.William Shakespeare
The course of true love was never easy.William Shakespeare
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
I am not bound to please thee with my answers.William Shakespeare
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.William Shakespeare
He is winding the watch of his wit by and by it will strike.William Shakespeare
Truth is truth To the end of reckoning.William Shakespeare
The worst is not So long as we can say, This is the worst.William Shakespeare
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.William Shakespeare
But then I sigh, and with a piece of scripture, Tell them that God bids us do good for evil. And thus I clothe my naked villainyWith odd old ends stolen forth of holy writ, And seem I a saint, when most I play the Devil.William Shakespeare
Simply the thing I am shall make me live.William Shakespeare
Lady you bereft me of all words, Only my blood speaks to you in my veins, And there is such confusion in my powers.William Shakespeare
My salad days, When I was green in judgment.William Shakespeare
Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo Deny thy father, and refuse thy name...William Shakespeare
Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.William Shakespeare
Double, double toil and trouble Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.William Shakespeare
God bless thee; and put meekness in thy mind, love, charity, obedience, and true duty!William Shakespeare
But, soft what light through yonder window breaks It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.William Shakespeare
The attempt and not the deed Confounds us.William Shakespeare
Cowards die many times before their deaths The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.William Shakespeare
Some men never seem to grow old. Always active in thought, always ready to adopt new ideas, they are never chargeable with foggyism. Satisfied, yet ever dissatisfied, settled, yet ever unsettled, they always enjoy the best of what is, are the first to find the best of what will be.William Shakespeare
Hereafter, in a better world than this, I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.William Shakespeare
Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.William Shakespeare
Assume a virtue, if you have it not.William Shakespeare
Pity is the virture of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.William Shakespeare
Jesters do often prove prophets.William Shakespeare
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
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.William Shakespeare


