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William Shakespeare Quotes - Page 49

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But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Men, Sometimes
'Othello' (1602-4) act 2, sc. 3, l. [243]

I do know when the blood burns, how prodigal the soul lends the tongue vows.

William Shakespeare
Blood, Soul, Promise
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 115

Good reasons must of force give place to better.

William Shakespeare
Giving, Reason, Force
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 202

Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's.

William Shakespeare
Country, Ends, Fear Not
'Henry VIII' (1613) act 3, sc. 2, l. 441

A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion-- To pray for them that have done scathe to us.

William Shakespeare
Done, Praying, Christianity
William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.389, BookCaps Study Guides

He that dies this year is quit for the next.

William Shakespeare
Death, Years, Next
'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 3, sc. 2, l. [257]

It was always yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing, to make it too common.

William Shakespeare
England, Common, Good Things
'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 1, sc. 2, l. [244]

Thus have I, Wall, my part discharged so; And, being done, thus Wall away doth go.

William Shakespeare
Wall, Done, Being Done
William Shakespeare, William Harness, William Gilmore Simms (1842). “The Complete Works of William Shakspeare”, p.165

Therefore I tell my sorrows to the stones; Who, though they cannot answer my distress, Yet in some sort they are better than the tribunes, For that they will not intercept my tale: When I do weep, they humbly at my feet Receive my tears and seem to weep with me; And, were they but attired in grave weeds, Rome could afford no tribune like to these.

William Shakespeare
Weed, Rome, Feet
William Shakespeare (1841). “Dramatic works: from copy left by George Steevens with glossary and notes, and sketch of the life of Shakespeare”, p.321

She dreams of him that has forgot her love; You dote on her that cares not for your love. 'Tis pity love should be so contrary; And thinking of it makes me cry 'alas!

William Shakespeare
Dream, Love You, Thinking
William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.208, Wordsworth Editions

O Helena, goddess, nymph, perfect, divine! To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne? Crystal is muddy. O, how ripe in show Thy lips, those kissing cherries, tempting grow!

William Shakespeare
Kissing, Nymphs, Perfect
William Shakespeare, Trevor R. Griffiths (1996). “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, p.159, Cambridge University Press

Myself will straight aboard, and to the state This heavy act with heavy heart relate.

William Shakespeare
Book, Heart, States
William Shakespeare (1860). “The plays (poems) of Shakespeare, ed. by H. Staunton, the illustr. by J. Gilbert engr. by the brothers Dalziel”, p.707

O jest unseen, inscrutable, invisible, As a nose on a man's face, or a weathercock on a steeple.

William Shakespeare
Men, Unseen, Noses
William Shakespeare, Nikolaus Delius (1858). “Shakespere's Werke”, p.28

I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere, the yellow leaf, and that which should accompany old age, as honor, love, obedience, troops of friends I must not look to have.

William Shakespeare
Time, Fall, Yellow
William Shakespeare “Macbeth”, W. W. Norton & Company

Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down old with all the characters of age?

William Shakespeare
Time, Character, Names
William Shakespeare, Giorgio Melchiori (1989). “The Second Part of King Henry IV”, p.76, Cambridge University Press

Grace and remembrance be to you both.

William Shakespeare
Anniversary, Wedding Anniversary, Remembrance
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.349

The smallest worm will turn being trodden on, And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.

William Shakespeare
Courage, Dove, Worms
William Shakespeare, John D. Cox, Eric Rasmussen (2001). “King Henry VI Part 3: Third Series”, p.233, Cengage Learning EMEA

A noble shalt thou have, and present pay; And liquor likewise will I give to thee, And friendship shall combine, and brotherhood.

William Shakespeare
Giving, Brotherhood, Noble
William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.1548, Oxford University Press

King Henry: But what a point, my lord, your falcon made, And what a pitch she flew above the rest! To see how God in all his creatures works! Yea, man and birds are fain of climbing high. Suffolk: No marvel, an it like your majesty, My lord protectors hawks do tower so well; They know their masters loves to be aloft, And bears his thoughts above his falcon's pitch. Gloucester: My lord, 'tis but a base ignoble mind That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.

William Shakespeare
Kings, Men, Climbing
William Shakespeare (1838). “Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of Each Play, and a Memoir of the Author by William Harness”, p.478

Then to Silvia let us sing that Silvia is excelling. She excels each mortal thing upon the dull earth dwelling.

William Shakespeare
Dwelling, Excellence, Earth
'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' (1592-3) act 4, sc. 2, l. 40

I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand As is a man were author of himself And knew no other kin.

William Shakespeare
Men, Independence, Instinct
'Coriolanus' (1608) act 5, sc. 3, l. 34

Too much to know is to know nought but fame; And every godfather can give a name.

William Shakespeare
Knowledge, Names, Giving
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.345

Faith, I have been a truant in the law And never yet could frame my will to it, And therefore frame the law unto my will.

William Shakespeare
Law, Has Beens
1592 Suffolk. Henry VI Part One, act 2, sc.4, l.7-9.

I am a subject, And I challenge law. Attorneys are denied me, And therefore personally I lay my claim To my inheritance of free descent.

William Shakespeare
Law, Challenges, Inheritance
William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.242, BookCaps Study Guides

Headstrong liberty is lashed with woe.

William Shakespeare
Liberty, Woe, Headstrong
William Shakespeare, James Orchard Halliwell- Phillipps (1855). “The complete works of Shakspere, with historical and analytical introductions to each play, also notes explanatory by J.O. Halliwell and other commentators, illustr. by portraits of actors of the age. [3 vols. With] The doubtful plays, with notes by H. Tyrrell”, p.210

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