William Shakespeare Quotes
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.William Shakespeare
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.William Shakespeare
Every man has business and desire, Such as it is.William Shakespeare
Alas, poor Yorick I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy...William Shakespeare
His life was gentle and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN.William Shakespeare
When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools.William Shakespeare
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them The good is oft interred with their bones.William Shakespeare
Be not afraid of greatness some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.William Shakespeare
I am wealthy in my friends.William Shakespeare
Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.William Shakespeare
O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.William Shakespeare
It is meant that noble minds keep ever with their likes; for who so firm that cannot be seduced.William Shakespeare
Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.William Shakespeare
While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head.William Shakespeare
Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught.William Shakespeare
Thy words, I grant are bigger, for I wear not, my dagger in my mouth.William Shakespeare
In a false quarrel there is no true valour.William Shakespeare
He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.William Shakespeare
Each present joy or sorrow seems the chief.William Shakespeare
The trust I have is in mine innocence, and therefore am I bold and resolute.William Shakespeare
Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.William Shakespeare
Niether a borrower nor a lender be.William Shakespeare
And many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest - Timbered oak.William Shakespeare
Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat - Oppressed brain.William Shakespeare
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions.William Shakespeare
Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.William Shakespeare
Oh, that way madness lies let me shun that.William Shakespeare
Lord, what fools these mortals be.William Shakespeare
The course of true love never did run smooth.William Shakespeare
How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.William Shakespeare
Self - Loving is not so vile a sin, my liege, as self - Neglecting.William Shakespeare
There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.William Shakespeare
Et tu, Brute.William Shakespeare
The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea.William Shakespeare
When he is best, he is a little worse than a man and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.William Shakespeare
So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.William Shakespeare
I am not bound to please thee with my answers.William Shakespeare
