Memorable Quotes by William Shakespeare · Page 3

Speak to me as to thy thinkings, As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts The worst of words.

— William Shakespeare

A hit, a very palpable hit.

— William Shakespeare

I would fain die a dry death.

— William Shakespeare

I will make a Star-chamber matter of it.

— William Shakespeare

Come not within the measure of my wrath.

— William Shakespeare

The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good. Pity is the virtue of the law, and none but tyrants…

— William Shakespeare

I pray thee cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless as water in a sieve.

— William Shakespeare

I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my…

— William Shakespeare

That man that hath a tongue, I say is no man, if with his tongue he cannot win a woman.

— William Shakespeare

Thy words, I grant are bigger, for I wear not, my dagger in my mouth.

— William Shakespeare

I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness and the bettering of my mind.

— William Shakespeare

Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.

— William Shakespeare

Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing.

— William Shakespeare

While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head.

— William Shakespeare

It is meant that noble minds keep ever with their likes; for who so firm that cannot be seduced.

— William Shakespeare

The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.

— William Shakespeare

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet…

— William Shakespeare

When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner

— William Shakespeare

Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country, as the behavior of the country is most…

— William Shakespeare

I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.

— William Shakespeare

Small to greater matters must give way.

— William Shakespeare

I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.

— William Shakespeare

It is the mind that makes the body rich; and as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, so honor peereth in…

— William Shakespeare

What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time?

— William Shakespeare

Like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie.

— William Shakespeare