William Shakespeare Quotes

Oh, thou hast a damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a saint. Thou hast done much harm upon me Hal, God forgive thee for it. Before I knew thee Hal, I knew nothing, and now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked.
William Shakespeare
To thine own self be true -; And it must follow as the night the day; Thou canst not be false to any man.
William Shakespeare
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions.
William Shakespeare
I am wealthy in my friends.
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William shakespeare - thou art all the comfort, the gods will diet me...
Lady you bereft me of all words, Only my blood speaks to you in my veins, And there is such confusion in my powers.
William Shakespeare
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William shakespeare - misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows....
Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.
William Shakespeare
We do not keep the outward form of order, where there is deep disorder in the mind.
William Shakespeare
But then I sigh, and with a piece of scripture, Tell them that God bids us do good for evil. And thus I clothe my naked villainyWith odd old ends stolen forth of holy writ, And seem I a saint, when most I play the Devil.
William Shakespeare
Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.
William Shakespeare
When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know she lies.
William Shakespeare
Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
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So may he rest, his faults lie gently on him.
William Shakespeare
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
William Shakespeare
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
William Shakespeare
When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools.
William Shakespeare
Alas, poor Yorick I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy...
William Shakespeare
A horse a horse my kingdom for a horse.
William Shakespeare
It is not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after.
William Shakespeare
He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him if stronger, spare thyself.
William Shakespeare
So may he rest, his faults lie gently on him!
William Shakespeare
In time we hate that which we often fear.
William Shakespeare
What a piece of work is a man how noble in reason how infinite in faculty in form and moving how express and admirable in action how like an angel in apprehension how like a god.
William Shakespeare
Mine honour is my life both grow in one take honour from me and my life is done.
William Shakespeare
The devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape.
William Shakespeare
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain.
William Shakespeare
And since you know you cannot see yourself, so well as by reflection, I, your glass, will modestly discover to yourself, that of yourself which you yet know not of.
William Shakespeare
For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth.
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How poor are they who have not patience What wound did ever heal but by degrees.
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When griping grief the heart doth wound, and doleful dumps the mind opresses, then music, with her silver sound, with speedy help doth lend redress.
William Shakespeare
See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.
William Shakespeare
God bless thee; and put meekness in thy mind, love, charity, obedience, and true duty!
William Shakespeare
So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.
William Shakespeare
He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.
William Shakespeare
Life is a tale told by an idiot - - Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
William Shakespeare
Lord, what fools these mortals be.
William Shakespeare
Be not afraid of greatness some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
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Let the coming hour overflow with joy, and let pleasure drown the brim.
William Shakespeare