William Shakespeare Quotes
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Is it not strange, that sheep's guts should hale souls out of men's bodies!
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Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak.
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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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Boundless intemperance In nature is a tyranny. It hath been Th' untimely emptying of the happy throne And fall of many kings.
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A heavy heart bears not a nimble tongue.
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Did he so often lodge in open field, In winter's cold and summer's parching heat, To conquer France, his true inheritance?
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Justice always whirls in equal measure.
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How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!
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Sometimes when we are labeled, when we are branded our brand becomes our calling.
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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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Who knows himself a braggart, Let him fear this; for it will come to pass That every braggart will be found an ass.
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Some report a sea-maid spawn'd him; some that he was begot between two stock-fishes. But it is certain that when he makes water his urine is congealed ice.
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Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
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A Loud Laugh Bespeaks a Vacant Mind!
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I am a feather for each wind that blows
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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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Let me be boiled to death with melancholy.
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Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As mans ingratitude Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude. Heigh-ho sing, heigh-ho unto the green holly Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly. Then heigh-ho the holly This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend rememberd not.
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I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream.
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Your tale, sir, would cure deafness.
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See the minutes, how they run, How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring about the day; How many days will finish up the year; How many years a mortal man may live.
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To think but nobly of my grandmother: Good wombs have borne bad sons.
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I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.
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Now the melancholy God protect thee, and the tailor make thy garments of changeable taffeta, for thy mind is opal.