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There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow.

There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow.

William Shakespeare
Fall, Special, Hamlet And Ophelia
'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 2, l. [232]

Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Knowledge, Soul
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.88

Hereafter, in a better world than this, I shall desire more love and knowledge of you

William Shakespeare
Life, Love You, Knowledge
'As You Like It' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. [301]

From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.

William Shakespeare
Brother, Thinking, Blood
'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 35

No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason; no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy; and in these degrees have they made a pair of stairs to marriage.

William Shakespeare
Love, Degrees, Pairs
William Shakespeare (1819). “The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed ; in Two Volumes”, p.267

You are a tedious fool.

William Shakespeare
Sassy, Fool, Tedious
William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Measure for Measure! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelli”, p.87, BookCaps Study Guides

Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.

William Shakespeare
Food, Home Cooking, Entrepreneur
1595 Servingman to Capulet. Romeo andJuliet, act 4, sc.2, l.6.

Now entertain conjecture of a time When creeping murmur and the poring dark Fills the wide vessel of the universe.

William Shakespeare
Dark, Pouring, Henry V
"Complete Works".

"Lawyers Are": Perilous mouths.

William Shakespeare
Mouths, Lawyer

There is a law in each well-ordered nation To curb those raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory.

William Shakespeare
Law, Politics, Rage
William Shakespeare, Anthony B. Dawson (2003). “Troilus and Cressida”, p.126, Cambridge University Press

Come, woo me, woo me, for now I am in a holiday humor, and like enough to consent.

William Shakespeare
Holiday, Enough, Holiday Season
William Shakespeare, Barry Cornwall (1857). “Tempest”, p.483

Small things make base men proud.

William Shakespeare
Men, Proud, Small Things
William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1832). “The Shakespearian Dictionary, Forming a General Index to All the Popular Expressions, and Most Striking Passages in the Works of Shakespeare, from a Few Words to Fifty Or More Lines ... By T. Dolby”, p.261

You know That I do fawn on men, and hug them hard, And after scandal them.

William Shakespeare
Men, Hug, Fawns
William Shakespeare, David Daniell (1998). “Julius Caesar: Third Series”, p.168, Cengage Learning EMEA

Perseverance... keeps honor bright: to have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery.

William Shakespeare
Fashion, Perseverance, Stay Strong
William Shakespeare (1871). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Copious Glossarial Notes and a Biographical Notice”, p.623

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

William Shakespeare
Forgiveness

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Dream, Ambition
William Shakespeare (2001). “Hamlet”, p.155, Classic Books Company

In delay there lies no plenty.

William Shakespeare
Lying, Procrastination, Delay
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 3, l. [42]

Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end; Each changing place with that which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend.

William Shakespeare
Time, Toil, Wave
Sonnet 60

The head is not more native to the heart.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Native
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 2, l. 47

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

William Shakespeare
Love, Time, Men
'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 2, sc. 3, l. [258]

He that is strucken blind can not forget the precious treasure of his eyesight lost.

William Shakespeare
Treasure, Forget, Juliet
William Shakespeare (2012). “3 by Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet and Richard III”, p.86, Courier Corporation

That man that hath a tongue, I say is no man, if with his tongue he cannot win a woman.

William Shakespeare
Love, Memorable, Men
William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.84

Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty.

William Shakespeare
Spring, Flower, Wind
'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 4, sc. 3, l. 116

England is safe, if true within itself.

William Shakespeare
Safe, England, Ifs
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.482

love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit

William Shakespeare
Love, Venice, Blind
'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 2, sc. 6, l. 36

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