William Shakespeare Quotes
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Wilt thou whip thine own faults in other men?
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Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!
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O constancy, be strong upon my side, Set a huge mountain 'tween my heart and tongue! I have a man's mind, but a woman's might.
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We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.
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Fie, thou dishonest Satan! I call thee by the most modest terms; for I am one of those gentle ones that will use the devil himself with courtesy: sayest thou that house is dark?
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The clock upbraids me with the waste of time.
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O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. . . . She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomi Athwart men’s noses as they lie asleep.
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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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If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.
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Were kisses all the joys in bed, One woman would another wed.
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We are oft to blame in this, - 'tis too much proved, - that with devotion's visage, and pios action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.
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These signs have marked me extraordinary, And all the courses of my life do show I am not in the roll of common men.
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Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love.
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No .... holy father, throw away that thought. Believe not that the dribbling dart of love Can pierce a complete bosom.
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Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
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To you your father should be as a god.
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Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.
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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!
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It may do good; pride hath no other glass To show itself but pride, for supple knees Feed arrogance and are the proud man's fees.
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Greatness, once fallen out with fortune, must fall out with men too.
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I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an almsman's gown, My figured goblets for a dish of wood, My scepter for a palmer's walking staff My subjects for a pair of carved saints and my large kingdom for a little grave.
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The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense.
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What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?
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It hurts not the tongue to give fair words.