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I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.(IAGO,ActI,SceneI)

I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.(IAGO,ActI,SceneI)

William Shakespeare
Daughter, Two, Beast
'Othello' (1602-4) act 1, sc. 1, l. [117]

Report of fashions in proud Italy Whose manners still our tardy-apish nation Limps after in base imitation

William Shakespeare
Fashion, Proud, Imitation
William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.366, Wordsworth Editions

I am now of all humors that have showed themselves humors since the old days of goodman Adam to the pupil age of this present twelve o'clock at midnight.

William Shakespeare
Time, Age, Midnight
William Shakespeare (2000). “Henry IV”, p.69, Penguin

To be in love- where scorn is bought with groans, Coy looks with heart-sore sighs, one fading moment's mirth With twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights; If haply won, perhaps a hapless gain; If lost, why then a grievous labour won; However, but a folly bought with wit, Or else a wit by folly vanquished.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Night, Stupidity
William Shakespeare (1867). “The Pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. [8 vols., including a vol. entitled William Shakspere, by C. Knight]. [8 vols. The vol. containing the biogr. is of the 3rd ed.].”, p.19

Too nice, and yet too true!

William Shakespeare
Nice, Too Nice
William Shakespeare (1803). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.245

O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!" - Cassio (Act II, Scene iii)

William Shakespeare
Men, Alcohol, Brain
1603-4 Cassio, of wine. Othello, act 2, sc.3, l.283-5.

I do not know What kind of my obedience I should tender. More than my all is nothing; nor my prayers Are not words holy hallowed, nor my wishes More worth than empty vanities; yet prayers and wishes Are all I can return.

William Shakespeare
Prayer, Vanity, Wish
William Shakespeare (2015). “King John and King Henry VIII”, p.215, Hackett Publishing

Every subject's duty is the King's; but every subject's soul is his own. Therefore, should every soldier in the wars do as every sick man in his bed, wash every mote out of his conscience; and dying so, death is to him advantage; or not dying, the time was blessedly lost wherein such preparation was gained; and in him that escapes, it were no sin to think that, making God so free an offer, He let him outlive the day to see His greatness and to teach others how they should prepare.

William Shakespeare
Kings, War, Greatness
William Shakespeare (2012). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.2393, Graphic Arts Books

If men could be contented to be what they are, there were no fear in marriage.

William Shakespeare
Marriage, Men, No Fear
William Shakespeare (1824). “The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare”, p.196

The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live.

William Shakespeare
Sweet, Flower, Rose
1609 Sonnets, sonnet 54.

And be these juggling friends no more believ'd, That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear And break it to our hope.

William Shakespeare
Promise, Ears, Break
William Shakespeare (1852). “The complete works of William Shakespeare, revised with intr. remarks and notes by S. Phelps, with engr. designed by T.H. Nicholson [and a second engr. title-leaf]. 2 vols. [publ. in parts].”, p.131

What sadness lengthens Romeo’s hours?

William Shakespeare
Sadness, Romeo And Juliet Love, Hours
William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.20, Classic Books Company

He that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail.

William Shakespeare
Juliet, Sail, Courses
William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.68, Classic Books Company

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

William Shakespeare
Art, Rain, Play
'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 33

Be not afraid of greatness.

William Shakespeare
Life, Greatness, Not Afraid
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 5, l. [158]

Youth is full of 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, and age is tame.

William Shakespeare
Sports, Time, Age
William Shakespeare (2006). “The Poems: Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, The Passionate Pilgrim, A Lover's Complaint”, p.256, Cambridge University Press

Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I ha' lost my reputation, I ha' lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial!

William Shakespeare
Character, Reputation, Lost
1603-4 Cassio to Iago. Othello, act 2, sc.3, l.256-8.

A pair of star-crossed lovers.

William Shakespeare
Love, Stars, Pairs
'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) prologue

'Tis thought the king is dead; we will not stay. The bay trees in our country are all wither'd.

William Shakespeare
Country, Kings, Tree
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.87

This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons peas; And utters it again when God doth please: He is wit's pedler; and retails his wares.

William Shakespeare
Pigeons, Peas, Wit
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes”, p.165

The past is prologue.

William Shakespeare
Past, Prologue

I do oppose My patience to his fury, and am arm'd To suffer, with a quietness of spirit, The very tyranny and rage of his.

William Shakespeare
Patience, Suffering, Arms
William Shakespeare (1863). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.343

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

William Shakespeare
Fire, Heaven, Muse
'Henry V' (1599) chorus, l. 1

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.

William Shakespeare
Summer, Dream, Sweet
'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 2, sc. 1, l. 249

O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!

William Shakespeare
Fire, Heaven, Kingdoms
'Henry V' (1599) chorus, l. 1

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