William Shakespeare Quotes
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This blessèd plot, this earth, this realm, this England This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, . . . This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land.
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I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
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For she had eyes and chose me.
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Sweets grown common lose their dear delight.
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Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire; that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead.
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Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offense?
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To die, to sleep - To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub, For in this sleep of death what dreams may come.
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My language! heavens!I am the best of them that speak this speech. Were I but where 'tis spoken.
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Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving.
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Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again.
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That but this blow Might be the be-all and the end – all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'ld jump the life to come.
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The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.
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The loyalty, well held to fools, does make Our faith mere folly.
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I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.
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Through tattered clothes great vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks. Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.
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So may I, blind fortune leading me, Miss that which one unworthier may attain, And die with grieving.
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Every offense is not a hate at first.
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Pause awhile, And let my counsel sway you.
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In time we hate that which we often fear.
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Read o'er this And after, this, and then to breakfast with What appetite you have.
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No legacy is so rich as honesty.
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Benvolio- "By my head, here come the Capulets." Mercutio- "By my heel, I care not.
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Sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrow's eye.
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I am not mad; I would to heaven I were! For then, 'tis like I should forget myself; O, if I could, what grief should I forget!