Firsts Quotes by William Shakespeare

First Witch He knows thy thought: Hear his speech, but say thou nought.

— William Shakespeare

Fruits that blossom first will first be ripe.

— William Shakespeare

This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to…

— William Shakespeare

Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous;…

— William Shakespeare

I see, sir, you are liberal in offers. You taught me first to beg, and now methinks You teach me how a…

— William Shakespeare

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine.... If I had a thousand sons, the first…

— William Shakespeare

Zounds! I was never so bethumped with words since I first called my brother's father dad.

— William Shakespeare

I have not slept. Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma,…

— William Shakespeare

Some men never seem to grow old. Always active in thought, always ready to adopt new ideas, they are never chargeable with…

— William Shakespeare

And ruin`d love when it is built anew, grows fairer than at first, more strong, far greater

— William Shakespeare

Let me twine Mine arms about that body, where against My grained ash an hundred times hath broke And scarr'd the moon…

— William Shakespeare

See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose…

— William Shakespeare

I do the wrong, and first begin to brawl. The secret mischiefs that I set abroach I lay unto the grievous charge…

— William Shakespeare

Do you take me for a sponge, my lord? hamlet: Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities.…

— William Shakespeare

One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun.

— William Shakespeare

Stay, my lord, And let your reason with your choler question What 'tis you go about: to climb steep hills Requires slow…

— William Shakespeare

We are not the first Who with best meaning have incurred the worst

— William Shakespeare

When devils will the blackest sins put on They do suggest at first with heavenly shows

— William Shakespeare

O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality.

— William Shakespeare

Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in joy? Is…

— William Shakespeare

Dead shepherd, now I find thy saw of might. Whoever lov'd that lov'd not at first sight.

— William Shakespeare

There's her cousin, an she were not possessed with a fury, exceeds her as much in beauty as the first of May…

— William Shakespeare

Lay on, McDuff, and be damned he who first cries, 'Hold, enough!

— William Shakespeare

That skull had a tongue in it, and could sing once: how the knave jowls it to the ground, as if it…

— William Shakespeare

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe

— William Shakespeare