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Listen to many, speak to a few.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

William Shakespeare
Speak

To be, or not to be, that is the question.

William Shakespeare
Love, Suicide, Creativity
'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor.

William Shakespeare
War, Patriotic, Order

We suffer a lot the few things we lack and we enjoy too little the many things we have.

William Shakespeare
Suffering, Littles, Enjoy

Lord, what fools these mortals be!

William Shakespeare
Summer, Dream, Stupid People
'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. 115

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Time, Three
William Shakespeare (1784). “Stockdale's edition of Shakespeare, with explanatory notes”, p.56

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Life, Success
William Shakespeare (1838). “The Pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. [8 vols., including a vol. entitled William Shakspere, by C. Knight].”, p.281

In struggling with misfortunes lies the true proof of virtue.

William Shakespeare
Lying, Struggle, Fortitude
William Shakespeare (2001). “Troilus and Cressida”, p.490, Classic Books Company

There's a time for all things.

William Shakespeare
Time, All Things
William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.1073, BookCaps Study Guides

Love does not see with the eyes, but with the soul.

William Shakespeare
Eye, Soul, Doe

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

William Shakespeare
Funny, Life, Sarcastic

Brevity is the soul of wit.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Attitude, Communication
'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. 90

The mind of guilt is full of scorpions.

William Shakespeare
Mind, Guilt, Scorpions

Every why has a wherefore.

William Shakespeare
Purpose
BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2011). “The Comedy of Errors In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, p.40, BookCaps Study Guides

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Life, Success
'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.

William Shakespeare
Witty, Memorable, Should

Strong reasons make strong actions.

William Shakespeare
Strong, Hard Work, Memorable
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.231

I wish you all the joy that you can wish.

William Shakespeare
Happiness, Joy, Wish
'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 2, l. 191

A good heart 'is worth gold.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Gold, Good Heart

I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.

William Shakespeare
Thank You, Gratitude, Appreciation
William Shakespeare, Burton Raffel, Harold Bloom (2007). “Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will”, p.88, Yale University Press

Silence is the perfect herald of joy.

William Shakespeare
Perfect, Silence, Joy

Some men never seem to grow old. Always active in thought, always ready to adopt new ideas, they are never chargeable with foggyism. Satisfied, yet ever dissatisfied, settled, yet ever unsettled, they always enjoy the best of what is, are the first to find the best of what will be.

William Shakespeare
Memorable, Men, Ideas

a girl takes too much time to love and a few seconds to hate. but a boy takes a few seconds to love and too much time to hate.

William Shakespeare
Girl, Hate, Boys

When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.

William Shakespeare
Life, Memorable, Fool
'King Lear' (1605-6) act 4, sc. 6, l. [187]

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Death, Running
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

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