William Shakespeare Quotes
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I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
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Thou weigh'st thy words before thou givest them breath.
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Good old grandsire ... we shall be joyful of thy company.
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Beauty within itself should not be wasted.
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Well, God's above all; and there be souls must be saved, and there be souls must not be saved.
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You kiss by th' book.
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She dreams of him that has forgot her love; You dote on her that cares not for your love. 'Tis pity love should be so contrary; And thinking of it makes me cry 'alas!
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Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
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Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway, meeting the check of such another day.
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If thou engrossest all the griefs are thine, Thou robb'st me of a moiety.
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Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness And show of love as I was wont to have: You bear too stubborn and too strange a hand Over your friend that loves you. Poor Brutus, with himself at war, Forgets the shows of love to other men.
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O God of battles! steel my soldiers’ hearts. Possess them not with fear.
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Be not afraid of greatness.
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Time, that takes survey of all the world, Must have a stop.
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Away, you trifler! Love! I love thee not, I care not for thee, Kate: this is no world To play with mammets and to tilt with lips: We must have bloody noses and cracked crowns.
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O, spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou!
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Old fashions please me best; I am not so nice To change true rules for odd inventions.
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I am now of all humors that have showed themselves humors since the old days of goodman Adam to the pupil age of this present twelve o'clock at midnight.
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I am too old to fawn upon a nurse, Too far in years to be a pupil now.
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Sorrow breaks seasons and reposing hours, Makes the night morning, and the noontide night.
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No evil lost is wailed when it is gone.
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When most I wink, then do my eyes best see
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The curse of marriage That we can call these delicate creatures ours And not their appetites!
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By heaven, I'll make a ghost of him that lets me.