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William Shakespeare Quotes
A fool thinks
himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
William Shakespeare
A peace is of the
nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and
neither party loser.
William Shakespeare
Absence from those
we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.
William Shakespeare
Alas, how love can
trifle with itself!
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Alas, poor Yorick!
I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.
William Shakespeare
All the world's a
stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits
and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts
being seven ages.
William Shakespeare
Ambition should be
made of sterner stuff.
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And summer's lease
hath all too short a date.
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And therefore is
winged Cupid painted blind.
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And this, our
life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the
running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
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April hath put a
spirit of youth in everything.
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Art made
tongue-tied by authority.
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As flies to wanton
boys, are we to the gods; They kill us for their sport.
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As he was valiant,
I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.
William Shakespeare
As soon go kindle
fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
William Shakespeare
Be not afraid of
greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon them.
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Be thou familiar,
but by no means vulgar.
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Beauty is all very
well at first sight; but whoever looks at it when it has been in the
house three days?
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Being born is like
being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.
William Shakespeare
Better a witty
fool than a foolish wit.
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Better three hours
too soon than a minute too late.
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Boldness be my
friend.
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Brevity is the
soul of wit.
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But when they
seldom come, they wished for come.
William Shakespeare
But will they come
when you do call for them?
William Shakespeare
By that sin fell
the angels.
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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
Confusion now hath
made his masterpiece.
William Shakespeare
Cowards die many
times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare
Cudgel thy brains
no more about it.
William Shakespeare
Desire of having
is the sin of covetousness.
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Dost thou think,
because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
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Everyone ought to
bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
William Shakespeare
Exceeds man's
might: that dwells with the gods above.
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Expectation is the
root of all heartache.
William Shakespeare
False face must
hide what the false heart doth know.
William Shakespeare
Farewell, fair
cruelty.
William Shakespeare
Fishes live in the
sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.
William Shakespeare
For my part, it
was Greek to me.
William Shakespeare
Fortune brings in
some boats that are not steered.
William Shakespeare
Give every man thy
ear, but few thy voice.
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Give me my robe,
put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.
William Shakespeare
Go to you bosom:
Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.
William Shakespeare
God has given you
one face, and you make yourself another.
William Shakespeare
Having nothing,
nothing can he lose.
William Shakespeare
He does it with
better grace, but I do it more natural.
William Shakespeare
He is winding the
watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.
William Shakespeare
He lives in fame
that died in virtue's cause.
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He makes a
swan-like end, fading in music.
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He that is giddy
thinks the world turns round.
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He that loves to
be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
William Shakespeare
He wears his faith
but as the fashion of his hat.
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Heat not a furnace
for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.
William Shakespeare
Hell is empty and
all the devils are here.
William Shakespeare
How far that
little candle throws its beams! So shines a good dead in a naughty
world.
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How long a time
lies in one little word?
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How now, wit!
Whither wander you?
William Shakespeare
How oft the sight
of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!
William Shakespeare
How poor are they
that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
William Shakespeare
How sharper than a
serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
William Shakespeare
I am but mad
north-north-west; when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a
handsaw.
William Shakespeare
I am not bound to
please thee with my answer.
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I bear a charmed
life.
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I dote on his very
absence.
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I shall the effect
of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.
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I try to forget
what happiness was, and when that don't work, I study the stars.
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I was adored once
too.
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I wasted time, and
now doth time waste me.
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I will praise any
man that will praise me.
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If it be a sin to
covet honor, I am the most offending soul.
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If music be the
food of love, play on.
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If to do were as
easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and
poor men's cottage princes' palaces.
William Shakespeare
If we are marked
to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer
men, the greater share of honor.
William Shakespeare
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
If you have tears,
prepare to shed them now.
William Shakespeare
If you prick us do
we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we
not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
William Shakespeare
Ignorance is the
curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
William Shakespeare
In a false quarrel
there is no true valor.
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In time we hate
that which we often fear.
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Is it not strange
that desire should so many years outlive performance?
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Is pale cold
cowardice in noble breasts.
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It is a custom.
More honored in the breach than the observance.
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It is a wise
father that knows his own child.
William Shakespeare
It is not in the
stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
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It provokes the
desire but it take away the performance.
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It will have
blood, they say; blood will have blood.
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Lawless are they
that make their wills their law.
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Let every eye
negotiate for itself and trust no agent.
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Let me embrace
thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
William Shakespeare
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