William Shakespeare Quotes
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So wise so young, they say, do never live long.
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Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's.
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Love asks me no questions, and gives me endless support.
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Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.
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I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.
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The why is plain as way to parish church: He that a fool doth very wisely hit Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not to seem senseless of the bob; if not, The wise man's folly is anatomiz'd Even by the squand'ring glances of the fool.
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Time is a very bankrupt and owes more than he's worth to season. Nay, he's a thief too: have you not heard men say, That Time comes stealing on by night and day?
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These earthly godfathers of Heaven's lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights than those that walk and know not what they are.
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I am such a tender ass, if my hair do but tickle me, I must scratch.
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Pause awhile, And let my counsel sway you.
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Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
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You taught me language, and my profit on't / Is, I know how to curse
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And what’s he then that says I play the villain?
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A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear.
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Lechery, lechery; still, wars and lechery: nothing else holds fashion.
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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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For my own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men.
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Oh! it offends me to the soul to hear a robust periwig-pated fellow, tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings.
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Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
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Gloucester, we have done deeds of charity, made peace of enmity, fair love of hate, between these swelling wrong-incensed peers.
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Plain and not honest is too harsh a style.
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Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud; Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun, And loathsome canker lies in sweetest bud. All men make faults.
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A gentleman that loves to hear himself talk, will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month.
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Lords, knights and gentlemen, what I should say My tears gainsay; for every word I speak, Ye see I drink the water of my eye.