William Shakespeare

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— William Shakespeare

Knavery's plain face is never seen till used.

— William Shakespeare

The moon, like to a silver bow new bent in heaven.

— William Shakespeare

Good wombs have borne bad sons." -- (Miranda, I:2)

— William Shakespeare

Great griefs medicine the less.

— William Shakespeare

Love all, trust few, Do wrong to no one.

— William Shakespeare

What is aught but as 'tis valued?

— William Shakespeare

I scorn you, scurvy companion.

— William Shakespeare

a young woman in love always looks like patience on a monument smiling at grief

— William Shakespeare

The force of his own merit makes his way-a gift that heaven gives for him.

— William Shakespeare

“Strike up our drums! Pursue the scatter'd stray. God, and not we, hath safely fought to day.”

— William Shakespeare

The time is out of joint : O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right!

— William Shakespeare

For I am he am born to tame you, Kate; and bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate conformable as…

— William Shakespeare

For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.

— William Shakespeare

But shall we wear these glories for a day? Or shall they last, and we rejoice in them?

— William Shakespeare

The devil shall have his bargain; for he was never yet a breaker of proverbs--he will give the devil his due.

— William Shakespeare

“Before you can say 'come' and 'go,' And breathe twice and cry 'so, so,' Each one, tripping on his toe, Will be…

— William Shakespeare

Four days will quickly steep themselves in nights; Four nights will quickly dream away the time; And then the moon, like to…

— William Shakespeare

“O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art as glorious to this night, being o'er my head, as is a winged messenger…

— William Shakespeare

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits

— William Shakespeare

“I will be brief: your noble son is mad: Mad call I it; for, to define true madness, What is't but to…

— William Shakespeare

O thou that dost inhabit in my breast, leave not the mansion so long tenantless; lest, growing ruinous, the building fall and…

— William Shakespeare

“He that has a little tiny wit, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, Must make content with his fortunes fit,…

— William Shakespeare

All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more than the…

— William Shakespeare

“My dear dear lord, The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted…

— William Shakespeare

Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee…

— William Shakespeare

DON PEDRO Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of Signior Benedick. BEATRICE Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile;…

— William Shakespeare

“What is thy body but a swallowing grave, Seeming to bury that posterity Which, by the rights of time, thou needs must…

— William Shakespeare

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin, That all with one consent praise new-born gauds, Though they are made and…

— William Shakespeare

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry. But were we burd'ned with like weight…

— William Shakespeare

Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives, Live regist'red upon our brazen tombs And then grace us in the disgrace…

— William Shakespeare

Officers, what offence have these men done? DOGBERRY Marry, sir, they have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they…

— William Shakespeare

What's done cannot be undone. To bed, to bed, to bed.

— William Shakespeare

Love is a spirit all compact of fire.

— William Shakespeare

Shall I never see a bachelor of three score again?

— William Shakespeare

Good morning to you, fair and gracious daughter.

— William Shakespeare

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.

— William Shakespeare

The more I give to thee, the more I have.

— William Shakespeare

For what I will, I will, and there an end.

— William Shakespeare

“But, soft! methinks I do digress too much,”

— William Shakespeare