Quotes
from William Shakespeare - The weight of this sad time we must obey
“Thou
and I are too wise to woo peaceably.”
―
William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
“a
young woman in love always looks like patience on a monument smiling at grief”
―
William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
“O,
full of scorpions is my mind!”
―
William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“Come,
you spirits
That
tend on mortal thoughts! Unsex me here,
And
fill me from the crown to the toe top full
Of
direst cruelty; make thick my blood,
Stop
up the access and passage to remorse,
That
no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake
my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The
effect and it! Come to my woman’s breasts,
And
take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers,
Wherever
in your sightless substances
You
wait on nature’s mischief! Come, thick night,
And
pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That
my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor
Heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,
To
cry "Hold, hold!”
―
William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“The
weight of this sad time we must obey,
Speak
what we feel, not what we ought to say.
The
oldest hath borne most: we that are young
Shall
never see so much, nor live so long.”
―
William Shakespeare, King Lear
“This
goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent
canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical
roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul
and pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man! how noble
in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and
admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the
beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this
quintessence of dust?”
―
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
“The
man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet
sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit
are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be
trusted. Mark the music.”
―
Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
“Love
moderately. Long love doth so.
Too
swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
*Love
each other in moderation. That is the key to long-lasting love. Too fast is as
bad as too slow.*”
―
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“Villain,
what hast thou done?
Aaron:
That which thou canst not undo.
Chiron:
Thou hast undone our mother.
Aaron:
Villain, I have done thy mother.”
―
William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
“Full
fathom five thy father lies;
Of
his bones are coral made;
Those
are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing
of him that doth fade,
But
doth suffer a sea-change
Into
something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs
hourly ring his knell: Ding-dong
Hark!
now I hear them,—Ding-dong, bell.”
―
William Shakespeare, The Tempest
“Thou
shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.”
―
William Shakespeare, King Lear
“And
this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the
running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. I would not change
it.”
―
William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“All
causes shall give way: I am in blood
Stepp’d
in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning
were as tedious as go o’er.”
―
William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“turn
him into stars and form a constellation in his image. His face will make the
heavens so beautiful that the world will fall in love with the night and forget
about the garish sun.”
―
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“Sir,
in my heart there was a kind of fighting
That
would not let me sleep.”
―
Shakespeare, Hamlet
“Like
madness is the glory of this life.”
―
Shakespeare, Timon of Athens
“For
sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lillies that fester smell far
worse than weeds.”
―
William Shakespeare, The Sonnets
“This
thing of darkness I
Acknowledge
mine.”
―
William Shakespeare, The Tempest
“The
Devil hath power
To
assume a pleasing shape.”
―
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
“Good
name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is
the immediate jewel of their souls:
Who
steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing;
’twas
mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But
he that filches from me my good name
Robs
me of that which not enriches him,
And
makes me poor indeed.”
―
William Shakespeare, Othello
“Men's
evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water.”
―
William Shakespeare, Henry VIII
“Confusion
now hath made his masterpiece.”
―
William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“Lord,
we know what we are, but know not what we may be.”
―
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
