William Shakespeare Quotes
Pity is the virtue of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.William Shakespeare
How use doth breed a habit in a man.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
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
When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools.William Shakespeare
In time we hate that which we often fear.William Shakespeare
It is not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after.William Shakespeare
Their understanding Begins to swell and the approaching tide Will shortly fill the reasonable shores That now lie foul and muddy.William Shakespeare
Let the coming hour overflow with joy, and let pleasure drown the brim.William Shakespeare
He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him if stronger, spare thyself.William Shakespeare
Leave her to heaven And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge, To prick and sting her.William Shakespeare
So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.William Shakespeare
The devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape.William Shakespeare
This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.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
Thy words, I grant are bigger, for I wear not, my dagger in my mouth.William Shakespeare
I am not merry but I do beguile The thing I am, by seeming otherwise.William Shakespeare
I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.William Shakespeare
To be a well - Flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read comes by nature.William Shakespeare
Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.William Shakespeare
I have heard of your paintings too, well enough God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another.William Shakespeare
No legacy is so rich as honesty.William Shakespeare
But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honoured in the breach than the observance.William Shakespeare
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
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
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.William Shakespeare
Niether a borrower nor a lender be.William Shakespeare
The soul of this man is in his clothes.William Shakespeare
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone Is the next way to draw new mischief on.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
Simply the thing I am shall make me live.William Shakespeare
I am wealthy in my friends.William Shakespeare
The course of true love was never easy.William Shakespeare
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.William Shakespeare
Strong reasons make strong actions.William Shakespeare
Age cannot wither her, nor custom staleHer infinite variety other women cloyThe appetites they feed, but she makes hungryWhere most she satisfies.William Shakespeare
Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat - Oppressed brain.William Shakespeare