William Shakespeare Quotes

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Press not a falling man too far; 'tis virtue:
His faults lie open to the laws; let them,
Not you, correct him.

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Women being the weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the walls.

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As there comes light from heaven and words from breath, As there is sense in truth and truth in virtue

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Bow, stubborn knees, and, heart with strings of steel,
Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe.
All many be well.

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A whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing; as if I borrowed mine oaths of him and might not spend them at my pleasure. When a gentleman is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths, ha?

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Virtue is beauty, but the beauteous evil.
Are empty trunks o'erflourished by the devil.

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I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth. My high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me.

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Have you not heard it said full oft,
A woman's nay doth stand for naught?

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I shall show the cinders of my spirits Through the ashes of my chance.

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A fellow by the hand of nature mark'd, Quoted, and sign'd, to do a deed of shame.

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The error of our eye directs our mind.
What error leads must err.

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I knew when seven justices could not take up a quarrel, but when the parties were met themselves, one of them thought but of an If, as, 'If you said so, then I said so;' and they shook hands and swore brothers. Your If is the only peacemaker; much virtue in If.

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Of all the fair resort of gentlemen
That every day with parle encounter me,
In thy opinion which is worthiest love?

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They told me I was everything. 'Tis a lie, I am not ague-proof.

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No doubt they rose up early to observe the rite of May; and, hearing our intent, Came here in grace of our solemnity.

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Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts
To courtship and such fair ostents of love
As shall conveniently become you there.

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O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer! a brave vessel (Who had no doubt some noble creature in her) Dashed all to pieces! O, the cry did knock Against my very heart! Poor souls, they perished!

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And by the hazard of the spotted die Let die the spotted.

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Poise the cause in justice's equal scales,
Whose beam stands sure, whose rightful cause prevails.

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I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks...

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Come, swear it, damn thyself, lest, being like one of heaven, the devils themselves should fear to seize thee; therefore be double-damned, swear,--thou art honest.

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Thy best of rest is sleep, And that thou oft provok'st; yet grossly fear'st Thy death, which is no more.

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I am not of that feather, to shake off my friend when he must need me

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Then with the losers let it sympathize,
For nothing can seem foul to those that win.

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Now stand you on the top of happy hours,
And many maiden gardens yet unset,
With virtuous wish would bear you living flowers,
Much liker than your painted counterfeit:
So should the lines of life that life repair
Which this, Time's pencil, or my pupil pen
Neither in inward worth nor outward fair
Can make you live your self in eyes of men.

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What, keep a week away? Seven days and nights,
Eightscore-eight hours, and lovers' absent hours
More tedious than the dial eightscore times!
O weary reckoning!

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The king-becoming graces,
As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness,
Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,
Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,
I have no relish of them, but abound
In the division of each several crime,
Acting in many ways.

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I have trod a measure, I have flattered a lady, I have
been politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy.

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No place indeed should murder sanctuarize; Revenge should have no bounds.

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I doubt not then but innocence shall makeFalse accusation blush, and tyrannyTremble at patience.

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