William Shakespeare

Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i' the receiving earth.

— William Shakespeare

No visor does become black villainy so well as soft and tender flattery.

— William Shakespeare

Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court.

— William Shakespeare

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

— William Shakespeare

“For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause”

— William Shakespeare

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

— William Shakespeare

Mislike me not for my complexion, The shadowed livery of the burnished sun, To whom I am a neighbor and near bred.

— William Shakespeare

What our contempts do often hurl from us, We wish it ours again.

— William Shakespeare

The setting sun, and the music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, Writ in rememberance more…

— William Shakespeare

Two loves I have, of comfort and despair, Which like two spirits do suggest me still: The better angel is a man…

— William Shakespeare

I will not choose what many men desire, Because I will not jump with common spirits And rank me with the barbarous…

— William Shakespeare

“With purpose to be dressed in an opinion of wisdom gravity profound conceit as who should say 'I am Sir Oracle and…

— William Shakespeare

“Where wasteful Time debateth with decay To change your day of youth to sullied night, And all in war with Time for…

— William Shakespeare

For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel: Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him! This was the most unkindest…

— William Shakespeare

“Were half to half the world by the ears and he Upon my party, I'ld revolt to make Only my wars with…

— William Shakespeare

And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That…

— William Shakespeare

“The bitter clamour of two eager tongues, Can arbitrate this cause betwixt us twain;”

— William Shakespeare

Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.

— William Shakespeare

It is the cowish terror of his spirit that dares not undertake; he'll not feel wrongs which tie him to an answer.

— William Shakespeare

Fear and niceness, the handmaids of all women, or more truly, woman its pretty self.

— William Shakespeare

Is there no pity sitting in the clouds, That sees into the bottom of my grief?

— William Shakespeare

An honest man, sir, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not.

— William Shakespeare

Ah, what a sign it is of evil life, Where death's approach is seen so terrible!

— William Shakespeare

The will is infinite and the execution confin'd, the desire is boundless and the act a slave to limit.

— William Shakespeare

But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live.

— William Shakespeare

By Heaven, my soul is purg'd from grudging hate; And with my hand I seal my true heart's love

— William Shakespeare

Happy is your Grace That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a style

— William Shakespeare

What though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care.

— William Shakespeare

“My Oberon, what visions have I seen! Methought I was enamored of an ass.”

— William Shakespeare

O, teach me how you look, and with what art You sway the motion of Demetrius' heart."-Helena

— William Shakespeare

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

— William Shakespeare

Here will be an old abusing of God's patience and the king's English.

— William Shakespeare

In law, what plea so tainted and corrupts, but being seasoned with a gracious voice obscures the show of evil.

— William Shakespeare

Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.

— William Shakespeare

It is the witness still of excellency to put a strange face on his own perfection.

— William Shakespeare

I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.

— William Shakespeare

There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.

— William Shakespeare

'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

— William Shakespeare

Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.

— William Shakespeare

Swear me, Kate, like a lady as thou art, A good mouth-filling oath.

— William Shakespeare