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Ears Quotes by William Shakespeare
- Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief.
- For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.
- When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on…
- Free from gross passion or of mirth of anger constant spirit, not swerving with the blood, garnish'd and deck'd in modest compliment, not working with…
- In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate…
- There's nothing in this world can make me joy: Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man;…
- How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness and…
- Delivers in such apt and gracious words that aged ears play truant at his tales; And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble…
- A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.
- Oh! it offends me to the soul to hear a robust periwig-pated fellow, tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears…
- Mine eyes Were not in fault, for she was beautiful; Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart, That thought her like her seeming.…
- O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery!
- Do you take me for a sponge, my lord? hamlet: Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers…
- A man may see how this world goes with no eyes. Look with thine ears: see how yond justice rails upon yon simple thief. Hark,…
- Bulldogs are adorable, with faces like toads that have been sat on. My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind; So flew'd, so sanded;…
- And be these juggling friends no more believ'd, That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear…
- Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents The armorers accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers…
- Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard, and many a time Th' harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too…
- So holy and so perfect is my love, And I in such a poverty of grace, That I shall think it a most plenteous crop…
- Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
- Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
- O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's…
- In such business Action is eloquence, and the eyes of th’ ignorant More learned than the ears.
- Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will…
- Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there's nothing so becomes a…
More Ears Quotes
- Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn! — Victoria Abril
- I feel like soundtrack music is almost like seeing the movie again, but with my ears. — Dave Attell
- Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the… — David Attenborough
- The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of… — Albert Bandura
- Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them… — Dave Barry
- Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple… — John Adams
- I got some media coverage for using the tail, the ear, the oink. — Mario Batali
- Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory. — Thomas Beecham
- I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears. — Adele
- Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to end up by wearing all the skin… — Robert Benchley