William Shakespeare Quotes
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If I be waspish, best beware my sting.
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Best men oft are moulded out of faults.
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I pray thee cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless as water in a sieve.
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They were devils incarnate.
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The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good.
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These are the forgeries of jealousy; And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain or by rushy brook, Or in the beached margent of the sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturbed our sport.
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Dreams are the children of idled minds.
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A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with light weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain.
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You are my true and honourable wife; As dear to me as the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart.
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Time does not have the same appeal for every one
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Can we outrun the heavens?
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Constant you are, But yet a woman; and for secrecy, No lady closer; for I well believe Thou wilt not utter what thou dost not know.
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Let's all cry peace, freedom, and liberty!
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If music be the food of love, play on.
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For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.
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Let them obey that knows not how to rule.
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For sorrow ends not, when it seemeth done.
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Why, thou knowest I am as valiant as Hercules, but beware instinct. The lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter. I was a coward on instinct.
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The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
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Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
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And will he not come again? And will he not come again? No, no, he is dead. Go to thy deathbed. He never will come again.
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Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
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Thus sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold: So cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.
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For conspiracy, I know not how it tastes, though it be dished For me to try how.