William Shakespeare Quotes

Drink down all unkindness.

Shine out fair sun, till I have bought a glass, That I may see my shadow as I pass.

Look to her, Moor, if thou has eyes to see. She has deceived her father, and may thee.

That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is! (Act 1, scene 1)

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

You are thought here to the most senseless and fit man for the job.

God grant us patience!

I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool no where but in's own house.

What need the bridge much broader than the flood?

Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.

Love's stories written in love's richest books. To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes.

Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.

Un-thread the rude eye of rebellion, and welcome home again discarded faith.

Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.

Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

A table-full of welcome!

This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues,Was once thought honest.

If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

Though those that are betray'd Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor stands in worse case of woe

Some smack of age in you, some relish of the saltness of time.

Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge, That no king can corrupt.

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.

Let us be Diana's foresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of the moon

To think but nobly of my grandmother: Good wombs have borne bad sons.

Yet but three come one more. Two of both kinds make up four. Ere she comes curst and sad. Cupid is a knavish lad. Thus to make poor females mad.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

A fellow by the hand of nature mark'd, Quoted, and sign'd, to do a deed of shame.

My crown is in my heart, not on my head.

Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.

There is Throats to be cut, and Works to be done.

There are no tricks in plain and simple faith.

Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!

I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more, is none

Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures.

At this hour Lie at my mercy all mine enemies.

A good heart is the sun and the moon; or, rather, the sun and not the moon, for it shines bright and never changes.

Who alone suffers suffers most i' th' mind, Leaving free things and happy shows behind; But then the mind much sufferance doth o'erskip When grief hath mates, and bearing fellowship.

Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear

You have witchcraft in your lips

Love is a wonderful, terrible thing

In struggling with misfortunes lies the true proof of virtue.

Frailty, thy name is woman!

Hereafter, in a better world than this, I shall desire more love and knowledge of you

I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster

I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.(IAGO,ActI,SceneI)