William Shakespeare Quotes
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Obey thy parents, keep thy word justly; swear not; commit not with man's sworn spouse; set not thy sweet heart on proud array. * * * Keep thy foot out of brothels, thy pen from lenders' books.
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But since the affairs of men rests still incertain, Let's reason with the worst that may befall.
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Then others for breath of words respect, Me for my dumb thoughts, speaking in effect.
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Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I ha' lost my reputation, I ha' lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial!
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I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.
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I cannot but remember such things were that were most precious to me.
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Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.
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When I was at home I was in a better place
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For I can raise no money by vile means. By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas
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The color of the king doth come and go, Between his purpose and his conscience, Like heralds 'twixt two dreadful battles set: His passion is so ripe, it needs must break.
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O my good lord, that comfort comes too late, 'Tis like a pardon after execution. That gentle physic, given in time, had cured me; But now I am past all comforts here but prayers.
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Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long / To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?
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Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck, And yet methinks I have astronomy. But not to tell of good or evil luck, Of plagues, of dearths, or season's quality; Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell ... Or say with princes if it shall go well.
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A friend should bear his friend's infirmities.
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Even so; an't please your worship, Brakenbury, You may partake of any thing we say: We speak no treason, man; we say the King Is wise and virtuous, and his noble queen Well struck in years, fair, and not jealous; We say that Shore's wife hath a pretty foot, A cherry lip, a bonny eye, a passing pleasing tongue; And that the Queen's kindred are made gentlefolks.
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I bear a charmed life.
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I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.
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A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing.
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Happy are they that hear their detractions, and can put them to mending.
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Speak on, but be not over-tedious.
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O powerful love, that in some respects makes a beast a man, in some other, a man a beast.
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Have I thought long to see this morning’s face, And doth it give me such a sight as this?
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Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.
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My father compounded with my mother under the Dragon's tail, and my nativity was under Ursa Major, so that it follows, I am roughand lecherous. Tut, I should have been that I am, had the maidenliest star in the firmament twinkled on my bastardizing.