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O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.

O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.

William Shakespeare
Wine, Destiny, Names
'Othello' (1602-4) act 2, sc. 3, l. [285]

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

William Shakespeare
Lying, Joy, Soul
'Troilus And Cressida' (1602) act 1, sc. 2, l. [310]

For I can raise no money by vile means.

William Shakespeare
Money, Mean, Raises
William Shakespeare, William Oxberry, Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, Owen Fawcett (1822). “Julius Caesar: A Tragedy”, p.63

Time and the hour run through the roughest day.

William Shakespeare
Running, Time Management, Hours
'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 3, l. 146

Such as we are made of, such we be.

William Shakespeare
Love, Love You, Destiny
William Shakespeare, Alexander Dyce (1857). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.74

He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

William Shakespeare
Memorable, Thinking, World
William Shakespeare (2004). “The Taming of the Shrew”, p.262, Perfection Learning

Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Lord Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Lord Polonius: I mean, the matter that you read, my lord.

William Shakespeare
Mean, Matter, Lord
William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Hamlet! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.171, BookCaps Study Guides

Thou hast nor youth nor age But as it were an after dinner sleep Dreaming of both.

William Shakespeare
Dream, Sleep, Age
'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 3, sc. 1, l. 32

These violent delights have violent ends And in their triump die, like fire and powder Which, as they kiss, consume

William Shakespeare
Kissing, Fire, Romeo And Juliet Love
William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.149, Classic Books Company

By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.

William Shakespeare
Halloween, Wicked, Thumbs
'Macbeth' (1606) act 4, sc. 1, l. 44

O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear. - Romeo -

William Shakespeare
Night, Jewels, True Beauty
'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 1, sc. 5, l. [48]

To sue to live, I find I seek to die; And, seeking death, find life: let it come on.

William Shakespeare
Dies, Seeking
William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Measure for Measure! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelli”, p.133, BookCaps Study Guides

They lie deadly that tell you have good faces.

William Shakespeare
Lying, Faces
William Shakespeare (1998). “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, p.209, Oxford University Press, USA

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

William Shakespeare
Jobs, Men, Police
'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 3, sc. 3, l. [19]

a young woman in love always looks like patience on a monument smiling at grief

William Shakespeare
Grief, Looks, Young
Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, A. C. Ward (1965). “Northanger abbey”

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

William Shakespeare
Courage, Peace, Men
'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 46

Kent. Where's the king? Gent. Contending with the fretful elements; Bids the wind blow the earth into the sea, Or swell the curled waters 'bove the main, That things might change or cease; tears his white hair, Which the impetuous blasts, with eyeless rage, Catch in their fury and make nothing of; Strives in his little world of man to outscorn The to-and-fro-conflicting wind and rain. This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch, The lion and the belly-pinched wolf Keep their fur dry, unbonneted he runs, And bids what will take all.

William Shakespeare
Running, Kings, Rain
William Shakespeare (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.836

Alas, sir, how fell you besides your five wits?" Malvolio: "Fool, there was never a man so notoriously abused. I am as well in my wits, fool, as thou art." Feste: "But as well? Then you are mad indeed, if you be no better in you wits than a fool.

William Shakespeare
Art, Men, Mad
William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Story Donno (2004). “Twelfth Night Or What You Will”, p.141, Cambridge University Press

But, indeed, words are very rascals, since bonds [vows] disgraced them." Viola: "Thy reason, man?" Feste: "Troth [Truthfully], sir, I can yield you none without words, and words are grown so false, I am loathe to prove reason with them.

William Shakespeare
Men, Yield, Reason

An old black ram is tupping your white ewe

William Shakespeare
White, Black, Rams
'Othello' (1602-4) act 1, sc. 1, l. 88

A Loud Laugh Bespeaks a Vacant Mind!

William Shakespeare
Laughing, Mind, Loud

Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever,- One foot in sea and one on shore, To one thing constant never.

William Shakespeare
Lost Love, Men, Sea
'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 2, sc. 3, l. [65]

The Play's the Thing, wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King.

William Shakespeare
Kings, Play, Acting
'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [641]

I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er.

William Shakespeare
Blood, Lady Macbeth, Guilt
'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 4, l. 136

The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance.

William Shakespeare
Action, Vengeance, Virtue
Cross, William Shakespeare (1989). “William Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.1156, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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