William Shakespeare Quotes

Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible to feelings as to sight?

Accommodated; that is, when a man is, as they say, accommodated; or when a man is, being, whereby a' may be thought to be accommodated,?which is an excellent thing.

Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues.

Thus have I, Wall, my part discharged so; And, being done, thus Wall away doth go.

A hit, a very palpable hit.

Fear not, Cesario, take thy fortunes up. Be that thou know'st thou art and then thou art as great as that thou fear'st.

O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the Devil!

Is this a vision? Is this a dream? Do I sleep?

Good things should be praised.

Greatness, once fallen out with fortune, must fall out with men too.

All offences come from the heart.

That is my home of love: if I have ranged, Like him that travels I return again, Just to the time, not with the time exchanged.

We must follow, not force Providence.

Self-love is the most inhibited sin in the canon.

There is no slander in an allowed fool, though he do nothing but rail.

A good wit will make use of anything.

They say, the tongues of dying men Enforce attention, like deep harmony; Where words are scarce, they're seldom spent in vain; For they breathe truth, that breathe their words in pain.

I was a coward on instinct.

Examine well your blood.

I cannot draw a cart, nor eat dried oats; If it be man's work, I'll do't.

Hate pollutes the mind.

The fewer men, the greater share of honor.

A college of wit-crackers cannot flout me out of my humor. Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram?

How every fool can play upon the word!

Who can control his fate?

Taste your legs, sire: put them into motion.

And nature must obey necessity.

Extreme fear can neither fight nor fly.

Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

it is not enough to speak, but to speak truee

There is nothing serious in Mortality

we are the lords of all eternity

The let-alone lies not in your good will.

Time travels at different speeds for different people. I can tell you who time strolls for, who it trots for, who it gallops for, and who it stops cold for.

Our wills and fates do so contrary run.

Old Time the clock-setter.

Not stepping over the bounds of modesty.

He that has a house to put's head in has a good head-piece.

The trust I have is in mine innocence, and therefore am I bold and resolute.

Men judge by the complexion of the sky The state and inclination of the day.

What e'er thou art, act well thy part.

Come, go with us, speak fair; you may salve so, Not what is dangerous present, but the los Of what is past.

O' thinkest thou we shall ever meet again? I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve For sweet discourses in our times to come.

For where is any author in the world Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye?

A dream itself is but a shadow.

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.

So fair and foul a day i had not seen.

When truth kills truth, O devilish holy fray!

I'll go find a shadow, and sigh till he come" (Phebe)