William Shakespeare Quotes
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Every subject's duty is the King's; but every subject's soul is his own. Therefore, should every soldier in the wars do as every sick man in his bed, wash every mote out of his conscience; and dying so, death is to him advantage; or not dying, the time was blessedly lost wherein such preparation was gained; and in him that escapes, it were no sin to think that, making God so free an offer, He let him outlive the day to see His greatness and to teach others how they should prepare.
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Be wary then; best safety lies in fear.
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What thing, in honor, had my father lost, That need to be revived and breathed in me?
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You are my true and honourable wife; As dear to me as the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart.
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Of all the flowers, me thinks a rose is best.
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Grace and remembrance be to you both.
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Too much to know is to know naught but fame.
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Out of this nettle - danger - we pluck this flower - safety.
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Men from children nothing differ.
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Soft pity enters an iron gate.
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Was ever woman in this humour wooed? Was ever woman in this humour won?
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Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water.
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Ay, is it not a language I speak?
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Fight, gentlemen of England! fight, bold yeomen! Draw, archers, draw your arrows to the head! Spur your proud horses hard, and ride in blood; Amaze the welkin with your broken staves!
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I and my bosom must debate awhile, and then I would no other company.
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I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness and the bettering of my mind.
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Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.
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'Tis thought the king is dead; we will not stay. The bay trees in our country are all wither'd.
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There is a world elsewhere.
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Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds past, which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon as done.
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What we determine we often break. Purpose is but the slave to memory.
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I have a kind soul that would give you thanks. And knows not how to do it but with tears.
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Religious canons, civil laws, are cruel; then what should war be?
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That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty.