William Shakespeare Quotes
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Nor shall this peace sleep with her; but as when The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix, Her ashes new-create another heir As great in admiration as herself.
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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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For which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?
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Live how we can, yet die we must.
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Time is the nurse and breeder of all good.
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When once our grace we have forgot, Nothing goes right.
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By heaven, I'll make a ghost of him that lets me.
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Sorrow breaks seasons and reposing hours, Makes the night morning, and the noontide night.
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I heard a bird so sing, Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king.
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If thou engrossest all the griefs are thine, Thou robb'st me of a moiety.
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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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Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent.
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Of one that lov'd not wisely but too well.
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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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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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Be not afraid of greatness.
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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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This passion, and the death of a dear friend, would go near to make a man look sad.
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Though I be but prince of Wales, yet I am the king of courtesy.
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There's an old saying that applies to me: you can't lose a game if you don't play the game. (Act 1, scene 4)
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Thank me no thankings, nor proud me no prouds.
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There should be hours for necessities, not for delights; times to repair our nature with comforting repose, and not for us to waste these times.
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If men could be contented to be what they are, there were no fear in marriage.
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No profit grows where no pleasure is taken.