William Shakespeare Quotes
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I love thee; none but thee, and thou deservest it.
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Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.
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Now no way can I stray; Save back to England, all the world's my way.
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To lapse in fulness Is sorer than to lie for need, and falsehood Is worse in kings than beggars.
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For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel: Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him! This was the most unkindest cut of all
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for my grief's so great That no supporter but the huge firm earth Can hold it up: here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it. (Constance, from King John, Act III, scene 1)
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King Henry: But what a point, my lord, your falcon made, And what a pitch she flew above the rest! To see how God in all his creatures works! Yea, man and birds are fain of climbing high. Suffolk: No marvel, an it like your majesty, My lord protectors hawks do tower so well; They know their masters loves to be aloft, And bears his thoughts above his falcon's pitch. Gloucester: My lord, 'tis but a base ignoble mind That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
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There is a tide in the affairs of men
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The cheek Is apter than the tongue to tell an errand.
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Foul words is but foul wind, and foul wind is but foul breath, and foul breath is noisome; therefore I will depart unkissed.
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Woe to that land that's governed by a child.
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Die for adultery! No: The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly does lecher in my sight
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Besides, they are our outward consciences, And preachers to us all, admonishing That we should drew us fairly for our end.
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. . . nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death To throw away the dearest thing he owed, As 'twere a careless trifle.
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Where is Polonius? HAMLET In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby.
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Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.
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The liquid drops of tears that you have shed Shall come again, transform'd to orient pearl, Advantaging their loan with interest Of ten times double gain of happiness.
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The king's name is a tower of strength.
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I'll look to like; if looking, liking move.
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Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, And thou art wedded to calamity.
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My business was great, and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy.
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Out, damned spot! Out, I say!
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Comets importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky And with them scourge the bad revolting stars.
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Good name in man and woman is the immediate jewel of their souls.