William Shakespeare Quotes
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I think thy horse will sooner con an oration than thou learn a prayer without book.
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Fortune reigns in gifts of the world.
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The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.
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For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know.
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When the mind's free, The Body's delicate.
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Under the greenwood tree, Who loves to lie with me And tune his merry note, Unto the sweet bird's throat; Come hither, come hither, come hither. Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather.
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The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. - Romeo
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Thus have I, Wall, my part discharged so; And, being done, thus Wall away doth go.
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How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
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Fear not, Cesario, take thy fortunes up. Be that thou know'st thou art and then thou art as great as that thou fear'st.
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Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things . . . nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.
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Were I the Moor I would not be Iago. In following him I follow but myself; Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, But seeming so for my peculiar end. For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart In compliment extern, ’tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at. I am not what I am
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Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep.
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Why, headstrong liberty is lashed with woe. There's nothing situate under heaven's eye But hath his bound, in earth, in sea, in sky.
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No villainous bounty yet hath passed my heart; Unwisely, not ignobly, have I given.
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When faced with a sea of troubles, take action, and in so doing end it.
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The moon, like to a silver bow new bent in heaven.
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The loyalty, well held to fools, does make Our faith mere folly.
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Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
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Give obedience where 'tis truly owed.
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And I will make it felony to drink small beer.
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An honest man, sir, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not.
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Four days will quickly steep themselves in nights; Four nights will quickly dream away the time; And then the moon, like to a silver bow new bent in heaven, shall behold the night of our solemnities.
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Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven.