William Shakespeare Quotes
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Who can be patient in extremes?
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In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.
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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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Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's.
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Words spoken can not be recalled so think twice before you speak.
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Fortune is merry, And in this mood will give us anything.
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Swift as shadow, short as any dream
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The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, From earth to heaven.
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Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble?
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Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish her election, Sh'ath sealed thee for herself.
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I have trod a measure, I have flattered a lady, I have been politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy.
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No profit grows where no pleasure is taken.
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By how much unexpected, by so much We must awake endeavour for defence; For courage mounteth with occasion.
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You kiss by th' book.
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If by chance I talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father.
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For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.
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Who seeks, and will not take, when once 'tis offer'd, Shall never find it more.
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Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.... [W]hat can we bequeath, Save our deposed bodies to the ground?... [N]othing can we call our own, but death... [L]et us sit upon the ground, And tell sad stories of the death of kings: - How some have been depos'd, some slain in war; Some haunted by the ghosts they have depos'd.
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What win I, if I gain the thing I seek? A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy. Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week? Or sells eternity to get a toy? For one sweet grape who will the vine destroy? Or what fond beggar, but to touch the crown, Would with the sceptre straight be strucken down?
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Good old grandsire ... we shall be joyful of thy company.