William Shakespeare Quotes
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I have pursued her, as love hath pursued me
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I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine.
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Thou ever young, fresh, lov'd, and delicate wooer, whose blush doth thaw the consecrated snow.
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I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.
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I heard a bustling rumor like a fray, And the wind blows it from the Capitol.
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Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear.
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But here's the joy: my friend and I are one, Sweet flattery!
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The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. - Romeo
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Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so; Pardon is still the nurse of second woe.
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Pardon's the word to all.
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One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
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Vile worm, thou wast o'erlook'd even in thy birth.
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Her father lov'd me; oft invited me; Still question'd me the story of my life, From year to year, the battles, sieges, fortunes, That I have pass'd.
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It is the witness still of excellency to put a strange face on his own perfection.
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You have dancing shoes with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead.
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Music, moody food Of us that trade in love.
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Look what thy soul holds dear, imagine it To lie that way thou goest, not whence thou com'st. Suppose the singing birds musicians, The grass whereon thou tread'st the presence strewed, The flowers fair ladies, and thy steps no more Than a delight measure or a dance; For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it and sets it light.
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That affable familiar ghost Which nightly gulls him with intelligence.
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Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament: They are but beggars that can count their worth; But my true love is grown to such excess, I cannot sum up half my sum of wealth.
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What is more miserable than discontent?
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Lord, what fools these mortals be!
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It is meant that noble minds keep ever with their likes; for who so firm that cannot be seduced.
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I am a foe to tyrants, and my country's friend.
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For death remembered should be like a mirror, Who tells us life’s but breath, to trust it error.