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Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

William Shakespeare
Giving, Tongue
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Motivational, Success
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.549

People’s good deeds we write in water. The evil deeds are etched in brass.

William Shakespeare
Writing, Evil, Water

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Motivational, Success
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 5, l. [158]

Are you sure/That we are awake? It seems to me/That yet we sleep, we dream

William Shakespeare
Good Night, Dream, Halloween
William Shakespeare, Terri Bourus, Peter Holland (2006). “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, p.177, Sourcebooks, Inc.

Thoughts are but dreams till their effects are tried.

William Shakespeare
Life, Dream, Effects

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.

William Shakespeare
Thought Provoking, Lovers Meeting, Power Of Words
William Shakespeare, Roma Gill (1998). “Richard II”, p.23, Oxford University Press, USA

Gently to hear, kindly to judge.

William Shakespeare
Judging, Charity
William Shakespeare (1803). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.277

Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.

William Shakespeare
Essence, Intellectual, Literature

Things without all remedy should be without regard: what's done is done.

William Shakespeare
Life, Time, Past
'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 2, l. 11

The leopard does not change his spots.

William Shakespeare
Change, Doe, Leopards

The miserable have no other medicine But only hope.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Motivational, Hope
'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 3, sc. 1, l. 2

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

William Shakespeare
Success, Mind, Mars

In friendship, as in love, we are often happier through our ignorance than our knowledge.

William Shakespeare
Ignorance

All's well if all ends well.

William Shakespeare
Ends, Wells, Ifs

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Trust, Children

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

William Shakespeare
Fall, Memorable, Sin
1603 Escalus. Measure for Measure, act 2, sc.1, l.38.

Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge, That no king can corrupt.

William Shakespeare
Kings, Judging, Heaven
'Henry VIII' (1613) act 3, sc. 1, l. 99

Truth is truth to the end of reckoning.

William Shakespeare
Truth, Honesty, Memorable
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1773). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour lost”, p.121

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Life, Nature
'Troilus And Cressida' (1602) act 3, sc. 3, l. 171

We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.

William Shakespeare
Life, Good Night, Dream
'The Tempest' (1611) act 4, sc. 1, l. 148

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

William Shakespeare
Love, Happiness, Being Yourself

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its grief. I believe we could well follow the pattern of our feathered friends.

William Shakespeare
Grief, Believe, Musical

Wisdom cries out in the streets, and no man regards it.

William Shakespeare
Wisdom, Men, Cry
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1806). “The plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators”, p.165

To me, fair friend, you never can be old, For as you were when first your eye I ey'd, Such seems your beauty still.

William Shakespeare
Birthday, Anniversary, Beauty
1609 Sonnets, sonnet 104.

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