Poor Quotes by William Shakespeare

Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou ow'st the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no…

— William Shakespeare

Poor and content, is rich and rich enough; But riches, fineless, is as poor as winter, To him that ever fears he…

— William Shakespeare

Thus may poor fools Belive false teachers.

— William Shakespeare

This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player,…

— William Shakespeare

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash;…

— William Shakespeare

O world, how apt the poor are to be proud!

— William Shakespeare

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his…

— William Shakespeare

Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hit With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit, And, in strong proff of…

— William Shakespeare

Should the poor be flattered? No; let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, and crook the pregnant hinges of the knee where…

— William Shakespeare

Because it is a customary cross, As die to love as thoughts, and dreams, and sighs, Wishes, and tears, poor fancy's followers.

— William Shakespeare

Me, poor man, my library Was dukedom large enough.

— William Shakespeare

What have we here? a man or a fish? dead or alive? A fish: he smells like a fish; a very ancient…

— William Shakespeare

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.

— William Shakespeare

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks

— William Shakespeare

My friends were poor, but honest, so's my love.

— William Shakespeare

And my poor fool is hanged! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou…

— William Shakespeare

To have seen much and to have nothing is to have rich eyes and poor hands.

— William Shakespeare

Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears: But yet It is our trick; nature her…

— William Shakespeare

And makes me poor indeed.

— William Shakespeare

Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that…

— William Shakespeare

Help, master, help! here's a fish hangs in the net, like a poor man's right in the law; 'twill hardly come out.

— William Shakespeare

You take my life when you do take the means whereby I live

— William Shakespeare

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage…

— William Shakespeare

Then know, that I have little wealth to lose. A man I am, crossed with adversity; My riches are these poor habiliments,…

— William Shakespeare

Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich, being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and most loved, despised! Thee and thy virtues here I seize…

— William Shakespeare