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A good leg will fall; a straight back will stoop; a black beard will turn white; a curl'd pate will grow bald; a fair face will wither; a full eye will wax hollow: but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon; or,

A good leg will fall; a straight back will stoop; a black beard will turn white; a curl'd pate will grow bald; a fair face will wither; a full eye will wax hollow: but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon; or, rather, the sun, and not the moon, — for it shines bright, and never changes, but keeps his course truly.

William Shakespeare
Fall, Heart, Eye
"William Shakespeare: The Complete Works".

Every why hath a wherefore.

William Shakespeare
Cause And Effect
William Shakespeare (1867). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.97

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

William Shakespeare
Listening, Mind, Mouths

More of your conversation would infect my brain.

William Shakespeare
Sassy, Brain, Conversation
William Shakespeare (1797). “Works, Containing His Plays and Poems: To which is Added a Glossary”, p.117

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

William Shakespeare
Success, Death, Veterans Day
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

William Shakespeare
Law
William Shakespeare (1812). “Aphorisms from Shakespeare”

And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.

William Shakespeare
Revenge, Fall, Offense
William Shakespeare (2014). “Shakespeare's HAMLET eBook”, p.192, First Folio Productions

Opinion, a sovereign mistress of effects.

William Shakespeare
Mistress, Sovereign, Opinion
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Mr. Theobald (Lewis) (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.271

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

William Shakespeare
Fashion, Encounters, Cost
William Shakespeare (2012). “Much Ado About Nothing”, p.3, Courier Corporation

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

William Shakespeare
Men, Enemy, Devil
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 3, sc. 4, l. [109]

Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye.

William Shakespeare
Beauty, Eye, Beautiful Women
William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes”, p.210

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

William Shakespeare
Silence, Jurisprudence, Innocence
William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.282

Men of few words are the best men." (3.2.41)

William Shakespeare
Men, Few Words, Written Language
'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [40]

Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises.

William Shakespeare
Noise, Tempest, Isle
'The Tempest' (1611) act 3, sc. 2, l. [147]

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.

William Shakespeare
Love, I Miss You, Good Night
'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 176

One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.

William Shakespeare
Smile, War, Hamlet And Ophelia
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 105

He says, he loves my daughter; I think so too; for never gaz'd the moon Upon the water, as he'll stand and read, As 'twere, my daughter's eyes: and, to be plain, I think, there is not half a kiss to choose, Who loves another best.

William Shakespeare
Daughter, Best Love, Love You
William Shakespeare, William Harness, William Gilmore Simms (1842). “The Complete Works of William Shakspeare”, p.290

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

William Shakespeare
Motivational, Time, Memorable
'Richard II' (1595) act 5, sc. 5, l. 49

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

William Shakespeare
Life, Wisdom, Men
1599 Antony. Julius Caesar, act 3, sc.2, l.74-86.

Bait the hook well. This fish will bite.

William Shakespeare
Food, Cooking, Bait
William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.94

Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.

William Shakespeare
World, Patient, Broads
William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, William Warburton, William Dodd, Hugh Blair (1795). “Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Glossary. Index. List of the various readings”, p.50

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

William Shakespeare
Love, Temptation, Sin
'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 2, sc. 2, l. 180

Should all despair That have revolted wives, the tenth of mankind Would hang themselves.

William Shakespeare
Wife, Despair, Should
1609 Leontes. The Winter's Tale, act1, sc.2, l.199-201.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

William Shakespeare
Love, Sweet, Flower
'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 43

Say as you think and speak it from your souls.

William Shakespeare
Thinking, Soul, Speak
William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.487

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