William Shakespeare quotes - page 12

Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. (William Shakespeare)
If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul. View quote
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Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. View quote
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To do a great right do a little wrong. View quote
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A light heart lives long. View quote
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My crown is in my heart, not on my head Not deck'd with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen my crown is call'd content A crown it is that seldom kings enjoy. View quote
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Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings. View quote
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All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me. View quote
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But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes. View quote
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The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness. And in the taste destroys the appetite. Therefore, love moderately. View quote
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Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. (William Shakespeare)
We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'Tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. View quote
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My love is strengthened, though more weak in seeming; I love not less, though less the show appear; That love is merchandized, whose rich esteeming The owner's tongue doth publish everywhere. View quote
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You are not worth the dust which the rude wind Blows in your face. View quote
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Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more Or close the wall up with our English dead. View quote
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I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die. View quote
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Look like the innocent flowerBut be the serpent under it. View quote
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So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. View quote
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There is little choice in a barrel of rotten apples. View quote
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To say the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days. View quote
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Certain, men should be what they seem. (William Shakespeare)
The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was. View quote
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You may my glories and my state depose, But not my griefs still am I king of those. View quote
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The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water. View quote
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie. View quote
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William Shakespeare

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Occupation: English Playwright
Born: 1564
Died: April 23, 1616
Quotes count: 1880
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