Water Quotes by William Shakespeare

Glory is like a circle in the water

— William Shakespeare

Tears water our growth.

— William Shakespeare

A little water clears us of this deed.

— William Shakespeare

To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.

— William Shakespeare

Women's weapons, water-drops.

— William Shakespeare

Love's fire heats water, water cools not love.

— William Shakespeare

People’s good deeds we write in water. The evil deeds are etched in brass.

— William Shakespeare

How much salt water thrown away in waste/ To season love, that of it doth not taste.

— William Shakespeare

Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed King;

— William Shakespeare

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

— William Shakespeare

a wild dedication of yourselves To undiscovered waters, undreamed shores.

— William Shakespeare

Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears.

— William Shakespeare

Cease thy counsel, for thy words fall into my ears as priceless as water into a seive.

— William Shakespeare

Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner, honest water, which ne'er left man i' the mire.

— William Shakespeare

Lords, knights and gentlemen, what I should say My tears gainsay; for every word I speak, Ye see I drink the water…

— William Shakespeare

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

— William Shakespeare

The wind-shak'd surge, with high and monstrous main, Seems to cast water on the burning Bear, And quench the guards of the…

— William Shakespeare

She is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl,…

— William Shakespeare

That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimms, and makes it indistinct As water is in water

— William Shakespeare

A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state Empties itself, as dot an inland…

— William Shakespeare

Ships are but boards, sailors but men; there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves, I mean pirates, and thenthere is the…

— William Shakespeare

Too much of water hast thou poor Ophelia, and therefore I forbid my tears. But yet it is our trick, let shame…

— William Shakespeare

When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me Water with berries in't; and teach me…

— William Shakespeare

If thou couldst, doctor, cast The water of my land, find her disease, And purge it to a sound and pristine health,…

— William Shakespeare

Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men; As hounds, and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, Shoughs, water-rugs, and demi-wolves, are 'clept All…

— William Shakespeare

If it be you that stirs these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely; touch…

— William Shakespeare

He says, he loves my daughter; I think so too; for never gaz'd the moon Upon the water, as he'll stand and…

— William Shakespeare

He's of the colour of the nutmeg. And of the heat of the ginger… he is pure air and fire; and the…

— William Shakespeare

Coal-black is better than another hue In that it scorns to bear another hue; For all the water in the ocean Can…

— William Shakespeare

Kent. Where's the king? Gent. Contending with the fretful elements; Bids the wind blow the earth into the sea, Or swell the…

— William Shakespeare

What hands are here? ha! they pluck out mine eyes! Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?…

— William Shakespeare

My story starts at sea, a perilous voyage to an unknown land. A shipwreck. The wild waters roar and heave. The brave…

— William Shakespeare

Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As mans ingratitude Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art…

— William Shakespeare

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

— William Shakespeare

The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water.

— William Shakespeare

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water.

— William Shakespeare

Some report a sea-maid spawn'd him; some that he was begot between two stock-fishes. But it is certain that when he makes…

— William Shakespeare

But when I came, alas, to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, By swaggering could I never thrive, For…

— William Shakespeare

By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust ensuing danger; as, by proof, we see the waters swell before a boisterous storm.

— William Shakespeare

His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With…

— William Shakespeare