William Shakespeare Quotes
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The band that seems to tie their friendship together will be the very strangler of their amity.
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There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murder in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell.
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There's many a man hath more hair than wit.
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Heaven take my soul, and England keep my bones!
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Blood will have blood.
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Give me that man that is not passion's slave, and I will wear him in my heart's core, in my heart of heart, as I do thee.
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He is the half part of a blessed man, Left to be finished by such as she; And she a fair divided excellence, Whose fullness of perfection lies in him.
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O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else? And shall I couple Hell?
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Fore God, you have here a goodly dwelling and a rich.
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Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? ...If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example?
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Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.
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Oh, I have passed a miserable night, so full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams!
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He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing. Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, And therefore are they very dangerous.
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You must confine yourself within the modest limits of order.
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Is it possible he should know what he is, and be that he is?
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Conscience is a thousand swords.
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How now, wit! Whither wander you?
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Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; for in my youth I never did apply hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; and did not, with unbashful forehead, woo the means of weakness and debility: therefore my age is as a lusty winter, frosty but kindly.
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If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. We are advertis'd by our loving friends.
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Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble?
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Believe then, if you please, that I can do strange things. [Act 5, Scene 2]
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You have lost no reputation at all, unless you repute yourself such a loser.
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Here's flowers for you; Hot lavender, mints, savoury, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun And with him rises weeping: these are flowers Of middle summer, and I think they are given To men of middle age.
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Thou shalt be free As mountain winds: but then exactly do All points of my command.