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William Shakespeare quotes: Love is a smoke made with fume of sighs;Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Love is a smoke made with fume of sighs;
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes;
William Shakespeare quotes: For some must watch, while some must sleep So runs the world away For some must watch, while some must sleep
So runs the world away
William Shakespeare quotes: Methought I was enamour'd of an ass. Methought I was enamour'd of an ass.
William Shakespeare quotes: He doth nothing but talk of his horses. He doth nothing but talk of his horses.
William Shakespeare quotes: Your wisdom is consum'd in confidence. Do not go forth to-day. Your wisdom is consum'd in confidence. Do not go forth to-day.
William Shakespeare quotes: The smallest worm will turn being trodden on,And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood. The smallest worm will turn being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
William Shakespeare quotes: Tis beauty that doth oft make women proud; but, God He knows, thy share thereof is small. Tis beauty that doth oft make women proud; but, God He knows, thy share thereof is small.
William Shakespeare quotes: Who doth molest my contemplation? Who doth molest my contemplation?
William Shakespeare quotes: Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable.(attributed to) Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable.(attributed to)
William Shakespeare quotes: How soon this mightiness meets misery; And if you can be merry then, I'll say A man may weep upon his wedding-day. How soon this mightiness meets misery; And if you can be merry then, I'll say A man may weep upon his wedding-day.
William Shakespeare quotes: And where two raging fires meet together, they do consume the thing that feeds their fury. And where two raging fires meet together, they do consume the thing that feeds their fury.
William Shakespeare quotes: Let each man do his best. Let each man do his best.
William Shakespeare quotes: Come,Let's have one other gaudy night. Call to meAll my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more.Let's mock the midnight bell. Come,
Let's have one other gaudy night. Call to me
All my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more.
Let's mock the midnight bell.
William Shakespeare quotes: Tis a happy thing To be the father unto many sons. Tis a happy thing To be the father unto many sons.
William Shakespeare quotes: In struggling with misfortunes lies the true proof of virtue. In struggling with misfortunes lies the true proof of virtue.
William Shakespeare quotes: Take all the swift advantage of the hours. Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
William Shakespeare quotes: 'Tis brief, my lord ... as woman's love. 'Tis brief, my lord ... as woman's love.
William Shakespeare quotes: I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion. I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.
William Shakespeare quotes: All offences come from the heart. All offences come from the heart.
William Shakespeare quotes: I dote on his very absence. I dote on his very absence.
William Shakespeare quotes: Cut him out in little stars. Cut him out in little stars.
William Shakespeare quotes: He is well paid that is well satisfied. He is well paid that is well satisfied.
William Shakespeare quotes: Love? His affections do not that way tend Love? His affections do not that way tend
William Shakespeare quotes: Black and portentous must this humour46 prove, Unless good counsel may the cause remove. [140] Benvolio Black and portentous must this humour46 prove, Unless good counsel may the cause remove. [140] Benvolio
William Shakespeare quotes: Thus hath the candle sing'd the moth. O these deliberate fools! Thus hath the candle sing'd the moth. O these deliberate fools!
William Shakespeare quotes: Youth, the more it is wasted, the sooner it wears. Youth, the more it is wasted, the sooner it wears.
William Shakespeare quotes: I will do anything ... ere I'll be married to a sponge. I will do anything ... ere I'll be married to a sponge.
William Shakespeare quotes: Be to yourself as you would to your friend. Be to yourself as you would to your friend.
William Shakespeare quotes: what ho, apothecary! what ho, apothecary!
William Shakespeare quotes: Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania
William Shakespeare quotes: Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
William Shakespeare quotes: Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; Take honour from me, and my life is done. Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; Take honour from me, and my life is done.
William Shakespeare quotes: Honor, riches, marriage-blessingLong continuance, and increasing,Hourly joys be still upon you! Honor, riches, marriage-blessing
Long continuance, and increasing,
Hourly joys be still upon you!
William Shakespeare quotes: He even obsessively contemplates the fact that he obsessively contemplates. He even obsessively contemplates the fact that he obsessively contemplates.
William Shakespeare quotes: God's will! my liege, would you and I alone, Without more help, could fight this royal battle! God's will! my liege, would you and I alone, Without more help, could fight this royal battle!
William Shakespeare quotes: I will be brief. Your noble son is mad. I will be brief. Your noble son is mad.
William Shakespeare quotes: Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill. Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
William Shakespeare quotes: Tis no sin for a man to labor in his vocation. Tis no sin for a man to labor in his vocation.
William Shakespeare quotes: It is great To do that thing that ends all other deeds, Which shackles accidents and bolts up change. It is great To do that thing that ends all other deeds, Which shackles accidents and bolts up change.
William Shakespeare quotes: Zounds! I was never so bethumped with words since I first called my brother's father dad. Zounds! I was never so bethumped with words since I first called my brother's father dad.
William Shakespeare quotes: A politician ... one that would circumvent God. A politician ... one that would circumvent God.
William Shakespeare quotes: Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe. Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.
William Shakespeare quotes: Death,The undiscovere'd country, from whose bournNo traveller returns, Death,
The undiscovere'd country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns,
William Shakespeare quotes: I had as lief have the foppery of freedom as the morality of imprisonment. I had as lief have the foppery of freedom as the morality of imprisonment.
William Shakespeare quotes: I talk of dreams, which are the children of an idle brain'. I talk of dreams, which are the children of an idle brain'.
William Shakespeare quotes: I can bear a charmed life I can bear a charmed life
William Shakespeare quotes: To me, fair friend, you never shall be old,For as you were when first your eye I ey'dSo seems your beauty still. To me, fair friend, you never shall be old,
For as you were when first your eye I ey'd
So seems your beauty still.
William Shakespeare quotes: There is an old poor man, ... Oppress'd with two weak evils, age and hunger. There is an old poor man, ... Oppress'd with two weak evils, age and hunger.
William Shakespeare quotes: Ornament is but the guiled shore to a most dangerous sea. Ornament is but the guiled shore to a most dangerous sea.
William Shakespeare quotes: Liberty plucks justice by the nose; The baby beats the nurse, and quite athwart Goes all decorum. Liberty plucks justice by the nose; The baby beats the nurse, and quite athwart Goes all decorum.
William Shakespeare quotes: Madman, thou errest. I say, there is no darkness but ignorance, in which thou art more puzzled than the Egyptians in their fog. Madman, thou errest. I say, there is no darkness but ignorance, in which thou art more puzzled than the Egyptians in their fog.
William Shakespeare quotes: O! never say that I was false of heart, O! never say that I was false of heart,
William Shakespeare quotes: Thou ominous and fearful owl of death. Thou ominous and fearful owl of death.
William Shakespeare quotes: I could be well content To entertain the lag-end of my life With quiet hours. I could be well content To entertain the lag-end of my life With quiet hours.
William Shakespeare quotes: Come, come, be every one officiousTo make this banquet; which I wish may proveMore stern and bloody than the Centaurs' feast. Come, come, be every one officious
To make this banquet; which I wish may prove
More stern and bloody than the Centaurs' feast.
William Shakespeare quotes: Vice repeated is like the wandering wind, blows dust in others' eyes to spread itself. Vice repeated is like the wandering wind, blows dust in others' eyes to spread itself.
William Shakespeare quotes: The love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we thank as love. The love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we thank as love.
William Shakespeare quotes: In religion, What damned error but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? In religion, What damned error but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
William Shakespeare quotes: My hands are of your colour; but I shame To wear a heart so white. My hands are of your colour; but I shame
To wear a heart so white.
William Shakespeare quotes: The miserable have no medicine but hope. The miserable have no medicine but hope.
William Shakespeare quotes: As black as Vulcan in the smoke of war. As black as Vulcan in the smoke of war.
William Shakespeare quotes: And I will make it felony to drink small beer. And I will make it felony to drink small beer.
William Shakespeare quotes: Thou unfit for any place but hell. Thou unfit for any place but hell.
William Shakespeare quotes: Ay, but to die, and go we know not where. Ay, but to die, and go we know not where.
William Shakespeare quotes: I am asham'd that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace. I am asham'd that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace.
William Shakespeare quotes: Age, thou hast lost thy labor. Age, thou hast lost thy labor.
William Shakespeare quotes: Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man. Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man.
William Shakespeare quotes: Sit by my side, and let the world slip: we shall ne'er be younger. Sit by my side, and let the world slip: we shall ne'er be younger.
William Shakespeare quotes: I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum. I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum.
William Shakespeare quotes: Sweet love! Sweet lines! Sweet life! Here is her hand, the agent of her heart; Here is her oath for love, her honour's pawn Sweet love! Sweet lines! Sweet life! Here is her hand, the agent of her heart; Here is her oath for love, her honour's pawn
William Shakespeare quotes: I should not urge thy duty past thy might. I should not urge thy duty past thy might.
William Shakespeare quotes: The glowworm shows the matin to be near And gins to pale his uneffectual fire. The glowworm shows the matin to be near And gins to pale his uneffectual fire.
William Shakespeare quotes: Good Lord, what madness rules in brainsick menWhen for so slight and frivolous a causeSuch factious emulations shall arise! Good Lord, what madness rules in brainsick men
When for so slight and frivolous a cause
Such factious emulations shall arise!
William Shakespeare quotes: O true apothecary!Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die O true apothecary!
Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die
William Shakespeare quotes: Lady you berfet me of all words,/Only my blood speaks to you in my veins,/ And there is such confusion in my powers. Lady you berfet me of all words,/Only my blood speaks to you in my veins,/ And there is such confusion in my powers.
William Shakespeare quotes: Rouse up thy youthful blood, be valiant, and live. Rouse up thy youthful blood, be valiant, and live.
William Shakespeare quotes: Hat our contempt often hurls from us,We wish it our again; the present pleasure,By revolution lowering,does becomeThe opposite of itself.. Hat our contempt often hurls from us,
We wish it our again; the present pleasure,
By revolution lowering,does become
The opposite of itself..
William Shakespeare quotes: When shall we three meet againIn thunder, lightning, or in rain? When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
William Shakespeare quotes: Modest wisdom plucks me from over-credulous haste. Modest wisdom plucks me from over-credulous haste.
William Shakespeare quotes: Gently to hear, kindly to judge. Gently to hear, kindly to judge.
William Shakespeare quotes: I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more, is none I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more, is none
William Shakespeare quotes: Set your heart at rest. The fairyland buys not the child of me. Set your heart at rest. The fairyland buys not the child of me.
William Shakespeare quotes: How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night, like softest music to attending ears. How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night, like softest music to attending ears.
William Shakespeare quotes: Good wine needs no bush. Good wine needs no bush.
William Shakespeare quotes: therein lies the rub therein lies the rub
William Shakespeare quotes: Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
William Shakespeare quotes: to early seen unknown...and known to late to early seen unknown...and known to late
William Shakespeare quotes: But fish not with this melancholy baitFor this fool gudgeon, this opinion. But fish not with this melancholy bait
For this fool gudgeon, this opinion.
William Shakespeare quotes: To give yourself away keep yourself still,And you must live drawn by your own sweet skill. To give yourself away keep yourself still,
And you must live drawn by your own sweet skill.
William Shakespeare quotes: Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way. Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way.
William Shakespeare quotes: So fair and foul a day I have not seen. So fair and foul a day I have not seen.
William Shakespeare quotes: Love me! ... Why? Love me! ... Why?
William Shakespeare quotes: thou art the best o' the cut-throats thou art the best o' the cut-throats
William Shakespeare quotes: The truth you speak doth lack some gentlenessAnd time to speak it in. You rub the soreWhen you should bring the plaster. The truth you speak doth lack some gentleness
And time to speak it in. You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster.
William Shakespeare quotes: and the rest is silence and the rest is silence
William Shakespeare quotes: If your mind dislike anything obey it If your mind dislike anything obey it
William Shakespeare quotes: My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent. My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent.
William Shakespeare quotes: Love reasons without reason. Love reasons without reason.
William Shakespeare quotes: But man, proud man,Dressed in a little brief authority,Plays such fantastic tricks before high heavenAs makes the angels weep. But man, proud man,
Dressed in a little brief authority,
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep.
William Shakespeare quotes: Nay, we must think men are not gods,Nor of them look for such observancyAs fits the bridal. Nay, we must think men are not gods,
Nor of them look for such observancy
As fits the bridal.

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