William Shakespeare Quotes
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She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star. I would not marry her, though she were endowed with all that Adam bad left him before he transgressed.
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Minutes, hours, days, months, and years, Pass'd over to the end they were created, Would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave. Ah, what a life were this!
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It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.
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Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.
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Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them.
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Fare thee well, king: sith thus thou wilt appear, Freedom lives hence, and banishment is here.
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Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence, But never tax'd for speech.
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To saucy doubts and fears.
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Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude.
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Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.
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A heavy heart bears not a nimble tongue.
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Justice always whirls in equal measure.
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You must not think That we are made of stuff so fat and dull That we can let our beard be shook with danger And think it pastime.
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My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy.
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Methinks you are my glass, and not my brother: I see by you I am a sweet-faced youth.
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I love a ballad in print o' life, for then we are sure they are true.
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Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak.
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Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.
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The icy precepts of respect.
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What though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care.