William Shakespeare Quotes

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Come, go with us, speak fair; you may salve so,
Not what is dangerous present, but the los
Of what is past.

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As a walled town is more worthier than a village, so is the forehead of a married man more honorable than the bare brow of a bachelor.

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You are made
Rather to wonder at the things you hear
Than to work any.

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Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament. The skies are painted with unnumber'd sparks, They are all fire and every one doth shine; But there's but one in all doth hold his place.

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This night I hold an old accustomed feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest, Such as I love; and you among the store, One more, most welcome, makes my number more.

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Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast!
Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest.

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Such an act
That blurs the grace and blush of modesty;
Calls virtue hypocrite; takes off the rose
From the fair forehead of an innocent love,
And sets a blister there; makes marriage vows
As false as dicers' oaths.

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Mechanic slaves
With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers, shall
Uplift us to the view.

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That we would do
We should do when we would, for this 'would' changes,
And hath abatements and delays as many
As there are tongues, are hands, are accidents,
And then this 'should' is like a spendthrift sigh,
That hurts by easing.

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To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master And cried, 'All hail!' when as he meant all harm.

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For as a surfeit of the sweetest things The deepest loathing to the stomach brings, Or as tie heresies that men do leave Are hated most of those they did deceive, So thou, my surfeit and my heresy, Of all be hated, but the most of me!

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When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.

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Nature, as it grows again toward earth, is fashioned for the journey, dull and heavy.

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No cataplasm so rare, Collected from all simples that have virtue Under the moon, can save the thing from death.

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But we have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts; whereof I take this that you call love to bea sect or scion.... It is merely a lust of the blood and a permission of the will.

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The best quarrels, in the heat, are cursed by those that feel their sharpness.

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Thou art a slave, whom fortune's tender arm
With favour never clasp'd; but bred a dog.

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A great perturbation in nature, to receive at once the benefit of sleep and do the effects of watching!

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But yet, I say, if imputation and strong circumstances, which lead directly to the door of truth, will give you satisfaction, you may have it.

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The ostentation of our love, which, left unshown, is often left unloved.

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Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion.

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My endeavors
Have ever come too short of my desires.
Yet filed with my abilities.

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My heart laments that virtue cannot live
Out of the teeth of emulation.

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Winter, which, being full of care, makes summer's welcome thrice more wish'd, more rare.

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Abate the edge of traitors, gracious Lord,
That would reduce these bloody days again
And make poor England weep in streams of blood!
Let them not live to taste this land's increase
That would with treason wound this fair land's peace!
Now civil wounds are stopped, peace lives again:
That she may long live here, God say amen!

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Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here he comes in the likeness of a Jew.

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Give me mine angle, we'll to th' river: there, My music playing far off, I will betray Tawny-finned fishes. My bended hook shall pierce Their slimy jaws; and as I draw them up, I'll think them every one an Antony, And say, 'Ah, ha! are caught!'

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Withal I did infer your lineaments,
Being the right idea of your father,
Both in your form and nobleness of mind;
Laid open all your victories in Scotland,
Your discipline in war, wisdom in peace,
Your bounty, virtue, fair humility;
Indeed, left nothing fitting for your purpose
Untouch'd or slightly handled in discourse.

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Be wise as thou art cruel, do not press My tongue-tied patience with too much disdain: Lest sorrow lend me words and words express, The manner of my pity-wanting pain...

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Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too.

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