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She's gone. I am abused, and my relief must be to loathe her.

She's gone. I am abused, and my relief must be to loathe her.

William Shakespeare
Love, Break Up, Broken Heart
'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 260

I am a Jew: Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with die same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?

William Shakespeare
Summer, Christian, Hurt
'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 1, l. 63

The coward dies a thousand deaths, the valiant, only once!

William Shakespeare
Courage, Coward, Arms

We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

William Shakespeare
Opportunity, Sea Voyage, Venture
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 215

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily... is wasteful and ridiculous excess

William Shakespeare
Gold, Excess, Hue
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.330

O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head As is a winged messenger of heaven

William Shakespeare
Art, Angel, Night
1595 Romeo of Juliet. Romeo andJuliet, act 2, sc.1, l.68-70.

Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth.

William Shakespeare
Lying, Bait, Carp
William Shakespeare, John Glover (of Cambridge?.) (1866). “The Works of William Shakespeare: Hamlet. King Lear. Othello”, p.47

Then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.

William Shakespeare
Memorial Day, War, Adversity
'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 1

The means that heaven yields must be embraced, and not neglected; else, if heaven would, and we will not heaven's offer, we refuse the proffered means of succor and redress.

William Shakespeare
Mean, Opportunity, Yield
William Shakespeare, Charles R. Forker (2002). “King Richard II: Third Series”, p.318, Cengage Learning EMEA

Death rock me asleep.

William Shakespeare
Death, Rocks
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”

This cold night will turn us all to fools and madmen.

William Shakespeare
Night, Fool, Cold
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.791

There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray you, love, remember: and there is pansies, that's for thoughts. There's fennel for you, and columbines: — there 's rue for you; and here's some for me: — we may call it, herb of grace o'Sundays: — you may wear your rue with a difference. — There's a daisy: — I would give you some violets; but they withered all, when my father died: — They say, he made a good end.

William Shakespeare
Sweet, Father, Sunday
"The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare".

Do all men kill the things they do not love ............ The quality of mercy is not strain'd It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest It blesseth him that gives and him that takes

William Shakespeare
Rain, Men, Venice

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasure, age is full of care; Youth like summer morn, age like winter weather; Youth like summer brave, age like winter bare. Youth is full sport, age's breath is short; Youth is nimble, age is lame; Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold; Youth is wild, age is tame. Age, I do abhor thee; youth, I do adore thee.

William Shakespeare
Summer, Sports, Winter
William Shakespeare (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Illustrated)”, p.6851, Delphi Classics

We see which way the stream of time doth run.

William Shakespeare
Running, Time, Way
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.436

Never; he will not: Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety: other women cloy The appetites they feed: but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies.

William Shakespeare
Love, Women, Age
'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 2, sc. 2, l. [243]

The moon of Rome, chaste as the icicle that's curded by the frost from purest snow.

William Shakespeare
Moon, Rome, Snow
William Shakespeare (1803). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.229

And send him many years of sunshine days!

William Shakespeare
Birthday, Sunshine, Years
William Shakespeare, William Harness, William Gilmore Simms (1842). “The Complete Works of William Shakspeare”, p.370

My brain more busy than the labouring spider Weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemies.

William Shakespeare
Brain, Enemy, Spiders
William Shakespeare (1790). “Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes”, p.547

Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,' Like the poor cat i' the adage?

William Shakespeare
Art, Cat, Waiting
'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 35

And since you know you cannot see yourself, so well as by reflection, I, your glass, will modestly discover to yourself, that of yourself which you yet know not of.

William Shakespeare
Memorable, Reflection, Glasses
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.691

The venom clamours of a jealous woman poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth.

William Shakespeare
Jealousy, Dog, Mad
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.294

Rich honesty dwells like a miser, Sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster.

William Shakespeare
Honesty, Oysters, House
William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.827, BookCaps Study Guides

Tis a blushing shame-faced spirit that mutinies in a man's bosom. It fills a man full of obstacles. It made me once restore a purse of gold that (by chance) I found. It beggars any man that keeps it.

William Shakespeare
Men, Gold, Mutiny
William Shakespeare (2013). “First Tetralogy In Plain and Simple English: Includes Henry VI Parts 1 - 3 & Richard III”, p.760, BookCaps Study Guides

Make the upcoming hour overflow with joy, and let pleasure drown the brim.

William Shakespeare
Joy, Hours, Pleasure

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