William Shakespeare Quotes
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Methinks sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian or an ordinary man has; but I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit.
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Look to her, Moor, if thou has eyes to see. She has deceived her father, and may thee.
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To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! 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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Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy.
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Let each man do his best.
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In right and service to their noble country.
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Thou shalt be free As mountain winds: but then exactly do All points of my command.
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He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural.
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For which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?
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If I shall be condemned Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else But what your jealousies awake, I tell you 'Tis rigor and not law.
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My charity is outrage, life my shame; And in that shame still live my sorrow's rage!
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Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books, But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.
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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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To move wild laughter in the throat of death? It cannot be; it is impossible: Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.
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O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!
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A hit, a very palpable hit.
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How now, wit! Whither wander you?
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Or are you like the painting of a sorrow, a face without a heart?
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Time is the nurse and breeder of all good.
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I had as lief have been myself alone.
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Though men can cover crimes with bold, stern looks, poor women's faces are their own faults' books.
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When once our grace we have forgot, Nothing goes right.
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And a man's life's no more than to say "One."
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Swift as shadow, short as any dream