William Shakespeare Quotes
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Golden lads and girls all must as chimney sweepers come to dust.
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There's nothing in this world can make me joy: Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
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Thou hast the most unsavoury similes.
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Death where is thy sting? Love, where is thy glory?
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I will be treble-sinewed, hearted, breathed, And fight maliciously; for when mine hours Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives Of me for jests; but now I'll set my teeth And send to darkness all that stop me.
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For a quart of ale is a dish for a king.
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There is no more mercy in him than there is milk in a male tiger.
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A fusty nut with no kernel.
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Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
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There's some ill planet reigns: I must be patient till the heavens look With an aspect more favourable.
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It were a grief so brief to part with thee. Farewell.
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Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gain'd my freedom.
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I am sure care's an enemy to life.
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Knavery's plain face is never seen till used.
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Bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible.
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Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!
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If ever thou shalt love, In the sweet pangs of it remember me; For such as I am all true lovers are, Unstaid and skittish in all motions else Save in the constant image of the creature That is beloved.
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IAGO: She that was ever fair and never proud, Had tongue at will and yet was never loud, Never lack'd gold and yet went never gay, Fled from her wish and yet said 'Now I may,' She that being anger'd, her revenge being nigh, Bade her wrong stay and her displeasure fly, She that in wisdom never was so frail To change the cod's head for the salmon's tail; She that could think and ne'er disclose her mind, See suitors following and not look behind, She was a wight, if ever such wight were,-- DESDEMONA: To do what? IAGO: To suckle fools and chronicle small beer.
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Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor.
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Out of my sight! Thou dost infect mine eyes.
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Now all the youth of England are on fire, And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies; Now thrive the armorers, and honor's thought Reigns solely in the breast of every man.
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The miserable have no other medicine But only hope.
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A tardiness in nature, Which often leaves the history unspoke, That it intends to do.
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Wrong hath but wrong, and blame the due of blame.