William Shakespeare quotes - page 40

Show me a mistress that is passing fair, what doth her beauty serve but as a note where I may read who pass'd that passing fair? (William Shakespeare)
Women being the weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the walls. View quote
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But soft What light through yonder window breaks It is the East, and Juliet is the sun Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grief that thou her maid art far more fair than she. View quote
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If love be blind, it best agrees with night. View quote
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Was ever book containing such vile matterSo fairly bound O, that deceit should dwellIn such a gorgeous palace. View quote
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O fortune, fortune! All men call thee fickle. View quote
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How much more doth beauty beauteous seem by that sweet ornament which truth doth give! View quote
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And ruin'd love when it is built anew, Grows fairer than at first, more strong, far greater. View quote
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Winter, which, being full of care, makes summer's welcome thrice more wish'd, more rare. View quote
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Ruin has taught me to ruminate, That Time will come and take my love away. This thought is as a death, which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. View quote
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Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing. (William Shakespeare)
Nothing 'gainst Times scythe can make defence. View quote
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When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is a little better than a beast. View quote
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The fool multitude, that choose by show, not learning more than the fond eye doth teach. View quote
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Look on beauty, and you shall see 'tis purchased by the weight. View quote
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Ornament is but the guiled shore to a most dangerous sea. View quote
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There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts. View quote
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The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath it is twice blessed It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. View quote
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Ask me no reason why I love you; for though Love use Reason for his physician, he admits him not for his counsellor. View quote
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Have you not heard it said full oft, a woman's nay doth stand for naught. View quote
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How hard it is for women to keep counsel! (William Shakespeare)
Love's best habit is a soothing tongue. View quote
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Against love's fire fear's frost hath dissolution. View quote
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It easeth some, though none it ever cured, to think their dolour others have endured. View quote
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Love thrives not in the heart that shadows dreadeth. View quote
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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - Image
Occupation: English Playwright
Born: 1564
Died: April 23, 1616
Quotes count: 1879
Wikipedia: William Shakespeare

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