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For in that sleep of death what dreams may come.

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come.

William Shakespeare
Death, Dream, Sleep
'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

Your cause of sorrow must not be measured by his worth, for then it hath no end.

William Shakespeare
Sorrow, Causes, Ends
1606 Ross to S I ward. Macbeth, act 5, sc.11, l.10-12.

The love of wicked men converts to fear; That fear to hate, and hate turns one or both To worthy danger and deserved death.

William Shakespeare
Change, Hate, Men
William Shakespeare, Charles R. Forker (2002). “King Richard II: Third Series”, p.423, Cengage Learning EMEA

What, can the devil speak true?

William Shakespeare
Truth, Devil, Speak
'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 3, l. 107

Fair youth, I would I could make thee believe I love.

William Shakespeare
Believe, Fairness, Youth
William Shakespeare (1798). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of Mr. Steeven's Last Edition...”, p.389

We are oft to blame in this, - 'tis too much proved, - that with devotion's visage, and pios action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.

William Shakespeare
Devil, Sugar, Too Much
William Shakespeare (2014). “Hamlet”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth, he writes verses, he speaks holiday, he smells April and May.

William Shakespeare
Dance, Holiday, Eye
'The Merry Wives of Windsor' (1597) act 3, sc. 2, l. [71]

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

William Shakespeare
Tragedy, Cassius, Ears
Julius Caesar act 3, sc. 2, l. 74 (1599)

Knit your hearts with an unslipping knot.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Knots
Samuel Ayscough, William Shakespeare (1827). “An index to the remarkable passages and words made use of by Shakespeare”

O, swear not by the moon, the fickle moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circle orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable

William Shakespeare
Moon, Circles, Fickle
'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 107

Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep', the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast...

William Shakespeare
Hurt, Sleep, Insomnia
'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 2, l. 36

I am a true laborer: I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man's happiness, glad of other men's good, content with my harm.

William Shakespeare
Happiness, Hate, Men
'As You Like It' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [78]

Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm.

William Shakespeare
Wall, Greed, Cassius
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 7

Do not speak like a death's-head, do not bid me remember mine end.

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

What a fool honesty is.

William Shakespeare
Honesty, Fool
'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 4, sc. 3, l. [608]

In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night doth take away Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. -Sonnet 73

William Shakespeare
Twilight, Sunset, Night
Sonnet 73

Most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath.

William Shakespeare
Sweet, Food, Onions
William Shakespeare, Phill Evans (2009). “A Midsummer Night's Dream: In Full Colour, Cartoon, Illustrated Format”, p.47, Shakespeare Comic Books

That we would do We should do when we would, for this 'would' changes, And hath abatements and delays as many As there are tongues, are hands, are accidents, And then this 'should' is like a spendthrift sigh, That hurts by easing.

William Shakespeare
Change, Hurt, Hands
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson (1809). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.235

They love least that let men know their loves.

William Shakespeare
Love, Friendship, Men
William Shakespeare, Libby Appel, Michael Flachmann (1982). “Shakespeare's Lovers: A Text for Performance and Analysis”, p.57, SIU Press

We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.

William Shakespeare
Law, Bird, Shapes
'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 2, sc. 1, l. 1

Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth; the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct. All these you may avoid but the Lie Direct; and you may avoid that too, with an If. . . . Your If is the only peace-maker; much virtue in If.

William Shakespeare
Peace, Lying, Order
'As You Like It' (1599) act 5, sc. 4, l. [108]

Every inordinate cup is unbless'd, and the ingredient is a devil.

William Shakespeare
Devil, Cups, Ingredients
William Shakespeare, George Somers Bellamy (1875). “The New Shaksperian Dictionary of Quotations: (With Marginal Classification and Reference.)”, p.38

I'll go find a shadow, and sigh till he come" (Phebe)

William Shakespeare
Shadow, Sigh
William Shakespeare, Thomas Bowdler, Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1849). “The Family Shakspeare: In One Volume : in which Nothing is Added to the Original Text, But Those Words and Expressions are Omitted which Cannot with Propriety be Read Aloud in a Family”, p.210

He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is stabbing.

William Shakespeare
Lying, Soldier, Deceit
BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2011). “Othello Retold In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, p.203, BookCaps Study Guides

The proverb is something musty.

William Shakespeare
'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [366]

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