William Shakespeare Quotes
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Can I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out.
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Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.
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The leopard does not change his spots.
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A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.
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This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,--This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
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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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God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
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Honor, riches, marriage-blessing Long continuance, and increasing, Hourly joys be still upon you!
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Merrily, merrily shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
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Now, good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!
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Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
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O heaven! were man, But constant, he were perfect.
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As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.
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Now stand you on the top of happy hours, And many maiden gardens yet unset, With virtuous wish would bear you living flowers, Much liker than your painted counterfeit: So should the lines of life that life repair Which this, Time's pencil, or my pupil pen Neither in inward worth nor outward fair Can make you live your self in eyes of men.
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Speak low, if you speak love.
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If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.
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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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Let every man be master of his time.
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Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.
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How sometimes nature will betray its folly, Its tenderness, and make itself a pastime To harder bosoms!
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Tempt not a desperate man.
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O, teach me how you look, and with what art You sway the motion of Demetrius' heart."-Helena
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Do not for one repulse, forego the purpose That you resolved to effect.
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This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators, save only he,Did that they did in envy of Caesar;He only, in a general honest thoughtAnd common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elementsSo mixd in him that Nature might stand upAnd say to all the world, This was a man!