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So wise so young, they say, do never live long.

So wise so young, they say, do never live long.

William Shakespeare
Life, Death, Wise
'Richard III' (1591) act 3, sc. 1, l. 79

I was a coward on instinct.

William Shakespeare
Coward, Instinct
'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 2, sc. 4, l. [304]

So we grew together like to a double cherry, seeming parted, but yet an union in partition, two lovely berries molded on one stem.

William Shakespeare
Best Friend, Cute Friendship, Sisterhood
'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. 208

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

William Shakespeare
Memorable, Watches, Tempest
'The Tempest' (1611) act 2, sc. 1, l. [12]

O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on.

William Shakespeare
Jealousy, Envy, Tragedy
'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 165

That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold; What hath quenched them hath given me fire.

William Shakespeare
Fire, Drunk, Lady Macbeth
'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 2, l. 1

I say, without characters, fame lives long.

William Shakespeare
Character, Long, Long Life
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson (1808). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.82

I see, sir, you are liberal in offers. You taught me first to beg, and now methinks You teach me how a beggar should be answered.

William Shakespeare
Firsts, Taught, Should
'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. [439]

Look, what envious streaks do lace the severing clouds in yonder east! Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tip-toe on the misty mountain-tops.

William Shakespeare
Night, Clouds, Mountain
William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.92, Wordsworth Editions

Comets importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky And with them scourge the bad revolting stars.

William Shakespeare
Stars, Sky, Crystals
William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.928, Oxford University Press

This is a way to kill a wife with kindness.

William Shakespeare
Marriage, Kindness, Wife
'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 4, sc. 1, l. [208]

The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness, And in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately— long love doth so.

William Shakespeare
Honey, Taste, Juliet
"Romeo and Juliet".

So many horrid Ghosts.

William Shakespeare
Ghost
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.387

My meaning in saying he is a good man, is to have you understand me that he is sufficient.

William Shakespeare
Memorable, Men, Good Man
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.24

I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good Friends

William Shakespeare
Friendship, Being Happy, Real Friends
'Richard II' (1595) act 2, sc. 3, l. 46

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

William Shakespeare
Patience, Patterns, Lear
'King Lear' (1605-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. [37]

Friendship is full of dregs.

William Shakespeare
Friendship, Dregs
William Shakespeare, George Somers Bellamy (1875). “The New Shaksperian Dictionary of Quotations: (With Marginal Classification and Reference.)”, p.64

I wonder men dare trust themselves with men.

William Shakespeare
Men, Wonder, Dare
'Timon Of Athens' act 1, sc. 2, l. [45]

Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. . . .

William Shakespeare
Art, Grief, Moon
William Shakespeare, Thomas BOWDLER (F.R.S.) (1831). “The Family Shakspeare ... By T. Bowdler ... Sixth Edition”, p.824

Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.

William Shakespeare
Love, Anniversary, Romantic
"Henry VI".

If there is a good will, there is great way.

William Shakespeare
Way, Good Will, Ifs

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

William Shakespeare
Strength, Women, Fall
William Shakespeare (1993). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.103, Heinemann

Say, what abridgement have you for this evening? What masque, what music? How shall we beguile The lazy time if not with some delight?

William Shakespeare
Dancing, Dancer, Lazy
William Shakespeare, R. A. Foakes (2003). “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, p.125, Cambridge University Press

Here's flowers for you; Hot lavender, mints, savoury, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun And with him rises weeping: these are flowers Of middle summer, and I think they are given To men of middle age.

William Shakespeare
Summer, Flower, Men
William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.7584, BookCaps Study Guides

O gentle son, Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, sprinkle cool patience.

William Shakespeare
Patience, Son, Flames
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.398

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