William Shakespeare Quotes
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And some that smile have in their hearts, I fear, millions of mischiefs.
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Wisdom cries out in the streets, and no man regards it.
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The leopard does not change his spots.
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Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft let by the nose with gold.
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I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop.
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I hate the murderer, love him murdered.
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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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Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
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I have thrust myself into this maze, Haply to wive and thrive as best I may.
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Let me twine Mine arms about that body, where against My grained ash an hundred times hath broke And scarr'd the moon with splinters: here I clip The anvil of my sword, and do contest As hotly and as nobly with thy love As ever in ambitious strength I did Contend against thy valour. Know thou first, I loved the maid I married; never man Sigh'd truer breath; but that I see thee here, Thou noble thing! more dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw Bestride my threshold.
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Join not with grief, fair woman, do not so, To make my end too sudden.
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Do all men kill the things they do not love ............ The quality of mercy is not strain'd It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
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Knavery's plain face is never seen till used.
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The miserable have no other medicine But only hope.
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Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.
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And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
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And nothing can we call our own but death And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings.
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For death remembered should be like a mirror, Who tells us life’s but breath, to trust it error.
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A knot you are of damned bloodsuckers.
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I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.
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I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking; so full of valor that they smote the air, for breathing in their faces, beat the ground for kissing of their feet.
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Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art, As those whose beauties proudly make them cruel; For well thou know'st to my dear doting heart Thou art the fairest and most precious jewel.
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I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
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Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?