William Shakespeare Quotes

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  • The past is prologue.

  • If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep, My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne, And all this day an unaccustomed spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.

    'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 5, sc. 1, l. 3
  • He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man. He that is more than a youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, I am not for him.

    William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.107
  • I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.

    'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 77
  • A great perturbation in nature, to receive at once the benefit of sleep and do the effects of watching!

    William Shakespeare (2015). “Macbeth: Third Series”, p.271, Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Hot blood begets hot thoughts, And hot thoughts beget Hot deeds, And hot deeds is love.

    William Shakespeare, William Harness, William Gilmore Simms (1842). “The Complete Works of William Shakspeare”, p.589
  • Demetrius: Villain, what hast thou done? Aaron: That which thou canst not undo. Chiron: Thou hast undone our mother. Aaron: Villain, I have done thy mother.

    William Shakespeare (2000). “The Tragedies of Shakespeare: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.514, Modern Library
  • Rumour doth double, like the voice and echo, The numbers of the feared.

    William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.398
  • Believe then, if you please, that I can do strange things. [Act 5, Scene 2]

    William Shakespeare, Cynthia Marshall (2004). “As You Like It”, p.228, Cambridge University Press
  • Like a dull actor now, I have forgot my part, and I am out, Even to a full disgrace.

    'Coriolanus' (1608) act 5, sc. 3, l. 40
  • No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.

    'Richard III' (1591) act 1, sc. 2, l. 71
  • For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord and continual strife? Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss, And is a pattern of celestial peace.

    William Shakespeare, Michael Taylor (2004). “Henry VI, Part One”, p.247, Oxford University Press, USA
  • Tis but a base, ignoble mind That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.

    William Shakespeare, Ronald Knowles (1999). “King Henry VI Part 2: Third Series”, p.424, Cengage Learning EMEA
  • I cannot do it without comp[u]ters.

  • I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged tyranny, who sways, not as it hath power, but as it is suffered.

    William Shakespeare, Jay L. Halio (1992). “The Tragedy of King Lear”, p.114, Cambridge University Press
  • When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.

    William Shakespeare, Roma Gill (1998). “Richard II”, p.23, Oxford University Press, USA
  • Four days will quickly steep themselves in nights; Four nights will quickly dream away the time; And then the moon, like to a silver bow new bent in heaven, shall behold the night of our solemnities.

    William Shakespeare, Phill Evans (2009). “A Midsummer Night's Dream: In Full Colour, Cartoon, Illustrated Format”, p.1, Shakespeare Comic Books
  • I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness and the bettering of my mind.

    William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.32
  • And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

    William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell, George Steevens (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.410
  • Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, as make the angels weep.

    'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 2, sc. 2, l. 117
  • Some are born great, others achieve greatness.

  • Speak, my fair, and fairly, I pray thee.

    William Shakespeare (1791). “THE PLAYS OF William Shakspeare, COMPLETE IN EIGHT VOLUMES.: CONTAINING KING JOHN, RICHRARD II. HENRY IV. PART I. HENRY IV. PART II. HENRY V. THE ENGRAVINGS TO THIS VOLUME ARE, TWO SCENES TO EACH PLAY, AND TWO ALLEGORIES. ALLEGORIES. 1. YOUTH ATTENDING THE DICTATES OF SHAKSPEARE. 2. THE TRAGIC AND COMIC MUSE ADORNING THE STATUE OD SHAKSPEARE”
  • Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.

    'Othello' (1602-4) act 1, sc. 3, l. [323]
  • what cannot be saved when fate takes, patience her injury a mockery makes

  • Virtuous and fair, royal and gracious.

    William Shakespeare (2013). “First Tetralogy In Plain and Simple English: Includes Henry VI Parts 1 - 3 & Richard III”, p.912, BookCaps Study Guides
  • Let him smell his way to Dover!

    William Shakespeare (1840*). “The Works of Shakspeare; from the Text of the Standard Edition by Isaac Reed”, p.799
  • Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

    William Shakespeare (1993). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.103, Heinemann
  • Courage mounteth with occasion.

    'King John' (1591-8) act 2, sc. 1, l. 82
  • If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. We are advertis'd by our loving friends.

  • Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes so by chance.

    'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 4, sc. 3, l. [734]
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