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 Shakespeare QuotationsI would fain die a dry death. The Tempest --------------------------- What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? The Tempest --------------------------- My library Was dukedom large enough. The Tempest --------------------------- The fringed curtains of thine eye advance. The Tempest --------------------------- Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. The Tempest --------------------------- He that dies pays all debts. The Tempest --------------------------- A kind Of excellent dumb discourse. The Tempest --------------------------- O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day! Verona Scene 3. --------------------------- Except I be by Sylvia in the night, There is no music in the nightingale. Verona --------------------------- How use doth breed a habit in a man! Verona --------------------------- O heaven! were man But constant, he were perfect. Verona --------------------------- Come not within the measure of my wrath.Verona --------------------------- It is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love. The Merry Wives of Windsor --------------------------- Seven hundred pounds and possibilities is good gifts. The Merry Wives of Windsor --------------------------- .. when we are married ... upon familiarity will grow more contempt. The Merry Wives of Windsor --------------------------- Sail like my pinnace to these golden shores. The Merry Wives of Windsor --------------------------- Here will be an old abusing of God's patience and the king's English. Merry Wives --------------------------- We burn daylight. The Merry Wives of Windsor --------------------------- Why, then the world 's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open. The Merry Wives of Windsor --------------------------- This is the short and the long of it. The Merry Wives of Windsor --------------------------- Like a fair house, built on another man's ground. The Merry Wives of Windsor --------------------------- I cannot tell what the dickens his name is. The Merry Wives of Windsor --------------------------- As good luck would have it. The Merry Wives of Windsor --------------------------- Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt. Measure for Measure. ACT I Scene 4. --------------------------- Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. Measure for Measure --------------------------- Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it? Measure for Measure --------------------------- The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept. Measure for Measure --------------------------- O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. Measure for Measure --------------------------- The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope. Measure for Measure --------------------------- ..the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies. Measure for Measure --------------------------- The cunning livery of hell. Measure for Measure --------------------------- The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good. Measure for Measure --------------------------- Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. Measure for Measure --------------------------- O, what may man within him hide, Though angel on the outward side! Measure for Measure --------------------------- We would, and we would not. Measure for Measure --------------------------- Truth is truth To the end of reckoning. Measure for Measure --------------------------- They say, best men are moulded out of faults, And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad. Measure for Measure --------------------------- What 's mine is yours, and what is yours is mine. Measure for Measure --------------------------- My words fly up, my thoughts remain below --------------------------- The pleasing punishment that women bear. The Comedy of Errors --------------------------- A wretched soul, bruised with adversity. The Comedy of Errors --------------------------- Every why hath a wherefore. The Comedy of Errors --------------------------- A living-dead man. The Comedy of Errors --------------------------- Let 's go hand in hand, not one before another. The Comedy of Errors --------------------------- He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat. Much Ado about Nothing --------------------------- There 's a skirmish of wit between them. Much Ado about Nothing --------------------------- He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man. Much Ado --------------------------- As merry as the day is long. Much Ado about Nothing --------------------------- Speak low if you speak love. Much Ado about Nothing --------------------------- Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much. Much Ado about Nothing --------------------------- Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. Much Ado about Nothing. --------------------------- From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, Much Ado about Nothing --------------------------- Every one can master a grief but he that has it. Much Ado about Nothing --------------------------- The fashion wears out more apparel than the man. Much Ado about Nothing --------------------------- Comparisons are odorous. Much Ado about Nothing --------------------------- Condemned into everlasting redemption. Much Ado about Nothing --------------------------- Patch grief with proverbs. Much Ado about Nothing --------------------------- I was not born under a rhyming planet. Much Ado about Nothing --------------------------- Done to death by slanderous tongues. Much Ado about Nothing. --------------------------- Light seeking light doth light of light beguile. Love's Labour 's Lost --------------------------- At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth; Love's Labour 's Lost. --------------------------- A high hope for a low heaven. Love's Labour's Lost --------------------------- That unlettered small-knowing soul. Love's Labour 's Lost --------------------------- The human mortals. A Midsummer Night's Dream. ACT II Scene 1. --------------------------- I hold the world ...-- A stage, where every man must play a part; And mine a sad one. Venice --------------------------- The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. The Merchant of Venice. ACT I Scene 3. --------------------------- He is well paid that is well satisfied. The Merchant of Venice. ACT IV Scene 1. --------------------------- My pride fell with my fortunes. As You Like It. ACT I Scene 2. --------------------------- All the world 's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. As You Like It --------------------------- Let us make an honourable retreat. As You Like It. ACT III Scene 2. --------------------------- An ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own. As You Like It --------------------------- I 'll not budge an inch. The Taming of the Shrew --------------------------- No legacy is so rich as honesty. All's Well that Ends Well --------------------------- Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. Twelfth Night. ACT III Scene 1. --------------------------- To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. The Winter's Tale. ACT IV Scene 4. -------------------------- Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale … King John. ACT III Scene 4. --------------------------- And oftentimes excusing of a fault Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse. King John --------------------------- He will give the devil his due. King Henry IV. Part I. ACT I Scene 2. --------------------------- Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere. King Henry IV. Part I. --------------------------- The better part of valour is discretion. King Henry IV. Part I. --------------------------- Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. King Henry IV. Part II --------------------------- Commit The oldest sins the newest kind of ways. King Henry IV. Part II --------------------------- Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin As self-neglecting. King Henry V. --------------------------- Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, ... King Henry V --------------------------- And sheathed their swords for lack of argument. King Henry V. --------------------------- I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. King Henry V --------------------------- I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety. King Henry V --------------------------- Men of few words are the best men. King Henry V --------------------------- … that 's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. King Henry V --------------------------- Every subject's duty is the king's; but every subject's soul is his own. King Henry V --------------------------- That 's a perilous shot out of an elder-gun. King Henry V --------------------------- Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep. King Henry V --------------------------- But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. King Henry V --------------------------- There is a river in Macedon; and there is also moreover a river at Monmouth;... and there is salmons in both. King Henry V --------------------------- There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things. King Henry V --------------------------- All hell shall stir for this. King Henry V --------------------------- Halcyon days. King Henry VI --------------------------- Delays have dangerous ends. King Henry --------------------------- She 's beautiful, and therefore to be wooed; She is a woman, therefore to be won. King Henry VI --------------------------- Main chance. King Henry VI. Part II. --------------------------- Could I come near your beauty with my nails, I 'd set my ten commandments in your face. King Henry VI. --------------------------- Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. King Henry VI. Part II --------------------------- The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on. King Henry VI. Part III. --------------------------- Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer. King Henry VI. Part III --------------------------- Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York, King Richard III --------------------------- The world is grown so bad, That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. King Richard III. --------------------------- Off with his head! King Richard III. --------------------------- Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down. King Richard III. --------------------------- The sons of Edward sleep in Abraham'sbosom. King Richard III --------------------------- An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told. King Richard III --------------------------- Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. King Richard III --------------------------- Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. King Henry VIII --------------------------- Hear you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you His absolute "shall"? Coriolanus --------------------------- Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. Titus Andronicus --------------------------- The eagle suffers little birds to sing. Titus Andronicus --------------------------- For you and I are past our dancing days. Romeo and Juliet --------------------------- Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, Romeo and Juliet --------------------------- These violent delights have violent ends. Romeo and Juliet --------------------------- Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. Romeo and Juliet --------------------------- A plague o' both your houses! Romeo and Juliet --------------------------- Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical! Romeo and Juliet --------------------------- Taking the measure of an unmade grave. Romeo and Juliet --------------------------- Meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. Romeo and Juliet --------------------------- The strength Of twenty men. Romeo and Juliet --------------------------- One writ with me in sour misfortune's book. Romeo and Juliet. ACT V Scene 3. --------------------------- Every man has his fault, and honesty is his. Timon of Athens --------------------------- Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy. Timon of Athens --------------------------- We have seen better days. Timon of Athens. ACT IV Scene 2. --------------------------- The live-long day. Julius Cæsar. ACT I Scene 1 --------------------------- Beware the ides of March. Julius Cæsar. ACT I Scene 2. --------------------------- But, for my own part, it was Greek to me. Julius Cæsar. ACT I Scene 2. --------------------------- A dish fit for the gods. Julius Cæsar. ACT II Scene 1. --------------------------- Et tu, Brute! Julius Cæsar. ACT III Scene 1. --------------------------- Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war. Julius Cæsar. ACT III Scene 1. --------------------------- Not that I loved Cæsar less, but that I loved Rome more. Julius Cæsar. ACT III Scene 2. --------------------------- The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones. Julius Cæsar --------------------------- This was the most unkindest cut of all. Julius Cæsar. ACT III Scene 2. --------------------------- What private griefs they have, alas, I know not. Julius Cæsar --------------------------- There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Julius Cæsar --------------------------- And say to all the world, "This was a man!" Julius Cæsar --------------------------- Fair is foul, and foul is fair. Macbeth. ACT I Scene 1. --------------------------- Stands not within the prospect of belief. Macbeth. ACT I Scene 3. --------------------------- Nothing is But what is not. Macbeth. ACT I Scene 3. --------------------------- Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day. Macbeth --------------------------- I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people. Macbeth. ACT I Scene 7. --------------------------- There 's daggers in men's smiles. Macbeth. ACT II Scene 3. --------------------------- By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. Macbeth. ACT IV Scene 1. --------------------------- A deed without a name. Macbeth. ACT IV Scene 1. --------------------------- In my mind's eye, Horatio. Hamlet. ACT I Scene 2. --------------------------- Brevity is the soul of wit. Hamlet. ACT II Scene 2. --------------------------- Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't. Hamlet. ACT II Scene 2. --------------------------- There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Hamlet. ACT II Scene 2. --------------------------- A dream itself is but a shadow. Hamlet. ACT II Scene 2. --------------------------- How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! King Lear --------------------------- The prince of darkness is a gentleman. King Lear. ACT III Scene 4. --------------------------- I do perceive here a divided duty. Othello. ACT I Scene 3. --------------------------- For I am nothing, if not critical. Othello. ACT II Scene 1. --------------------------- O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on. Othello. ACT III Scene 3. --------------------------- Poor and content is rich and rich enough. Othello. ACT III Scene 3. --------------------------- But this denoted a foregone conclusion. Othello. ACT III Scene 3. --------------------------- 'T is neither here nor there. Othello. ACT IV Scene 3. --------------------------- He hath a daily beauty in his life. Othello. ACT V Scene 1. --------------------------- My salad days, When I was green in judgment. Antony and Cleopatra. ACT I Scene 5. --------------------------- He wears the rose Of youth upon him. Antony and Cleopatra. ACT III Scene 13. --------------------------- The game is up. Cymbeline. ACT III Scene 3. --------------------------- I have not slept one wink. Cymbeline. ACT III Scene 4. --------------------------- Full many a glorious morning have I seen. Sonnet XXXIII --------------------------- My grief lies onward and my joy behind. Sonnet I --------------------------- Cursed be he that moves my bones. Shakespeare's Epitaph. --------------------------- |
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