William Shakespeare quotes - page 52

Through tattered clothes great vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks. Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it. (William Shakespeare)
This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet. View quote
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Sir, he's a good dog, and a fair dog. View quote
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Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Every thing that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In sweet music is such art, Killing care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing, die. View quote
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Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school. View quote
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What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? View quote
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When you fear a foe, fear crushes your strength and this weakness gives strength to your opponents. View quote
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Truth will come to sight murder cannot be hid long. View quote
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Lay aside life-harming heaviness, And entertain a cheerful disposition. View quote
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Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts- O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power So to seduce! View quote
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He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous. (William Shakespeare)
The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits. View quote
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Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. View quote
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But I remember now I am in this earthly world, where to do harm Is often laudable, to do good sometime Accounted dangerous folly. View quote
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Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief. View quote
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Simply the thing I am shall make me live. View quote
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...an old man is twice a child. View quote
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O, how full of briers is this working-day world. View quote
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For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. View quote
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The seeming truth which cunning times put on to entrap the wisest. View quote
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Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own. (William Shakespeare)
What a piece of work is a man. View quote
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All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. View quote
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I wish you well and so I take my leave, I Pray you know me when we meet again. View quote
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But here's the joy: my friend and I are one, Sweet flattery! View quote
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