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Indeed, sir, he that sleeps feels not the toothache; but a man that were to sleep your sleep, and a hangman to help him to bed, I think he would change places with his officer; for look you, sir, you know not which way

Indeed, sir, he that sleeps feels not the toothache; but a man that were to sleep your sleep, and a hangman to help him to bed, I think he would change places with his officer; for look you, sir, you know not which way you shall go.

William Shakespeare
Sleep, Men, Thinking
William Shakespeare, Sir Thomas Hanmer, Alexander Pope, Nicholas Rowe (1744). “The Works of Shakespear: Tragedies: Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Glossary”, p.207

He hath not eat paper, as it were; he hath not drunk ink; his intellect is not replenished; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts. (Shakespeare, Love's Labor's Lost, IV)

William Shakespeare
Animal, Drunk, Ink
William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine (2011). “Love's Labor's Lost”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

Affection faints not like a pale-faced coward, But then woos best when most his choice is froward.

William Shakespeare
Choices, Coward, Affection
William Shakespeare, Colin Burrow (2002). “The Complete Sonnets and Poems”, p.205, Oxford University Press on Demand

Now the good gods forbid That our renowned Rome, whose gratitude Towards her deserved children is enrolled In Jove's own book, like an unnatural dam Should now eat up her own!

William Shakespeare
Gratitude, Children, Book
William Shakespeare, Lee Bliss (2000). “Coriolanus”, p.195, Cambridge University Press

Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.

William Shakespeare
Mercy Of God, Soul, Thee
William Shakespeare (2013). “First Tetralogy In Plain and Simple English: Includes Henry VI Parts 1 - 3 & Richard III”, p.501, BookCaps Study Guides

The Foole doth thinke he is wise, but the wiseman knowes himselfe to be a Foole.

William Shakespeare
Wise, Wisdom
1599-1600 Touchstone toWilliam. AsYou Like It, act 5, sc.1, l.29-31.

Light vanity, insatiate cormorant, Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.

William Shakespeare
Mean, Vanity, Light
William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1852). “The Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and Poetical Works, Complete ; Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy”, p.367

God grant us patience!

William Shakespeare
Difficult, Difficult Days, Grants
William Shakespeare (2004). “Love's Labour's Lost (Sparklesoup Classics)”, p.10, Sparklesoup LLC

God is our fortress, in whose conquering name Let us resolve to scale their flinty bulwarks.

William Shakespeare
God, Names, Conquer
William Shakespeare (2013). “First Tetralogy In Plain and Simple English: Includes Henry VI Parts 1 - 3 & Richard III”, p.56, BookCaps Study Guides

My father names me Autolycus, who being, as I am, littered under Mercury, was likewise a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles.

William Shakespeare
Father, Names, Mercury
'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 4, sc. 2, l. [24]

All's well that ends well; still the fine's the crown. Whate'er the course, the end is the renown.

William Shakespeare
Crowns, Ends, Renown
William Shakespeare, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Venus and Adonis. Rape of Lucrece. Sonnets. Lover's complaint. Passionate pilgrim. Memoirs of Lord Southampton”, p.159

But no perfection is so absolute, That some impurity doth not pollute.

William Shakespeare
Memorable, Perfection, Absolutes
William Shakespeare (1856). “The works of William Shakspere. Knight's Cabinet ed., with additional notes”, p.99

Are there no stones in heaven But what serves for thunder?

William Shakespeare
Heaven, Stones, Thunder
'Othello' (1602-4) act 5, sc. 2, l. 232

What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time?

William Shakespeare
Memorable, Dark, Tempest
'The Tempest' (1611) act 1, sc. 2, l. 49

What freezings I have felt, what dark days seen, What old December's bareness everywhere!

William Shakespeare
Dark, Winter, December
William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 97: How Like A Winter Hath My Absence Been”

Shall I compare thee to a summer day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate... When in eternal lines to time thou growst So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

William Shakespeare
Summer, Art, Love You
Sonnet 18

Truth will come to sight; murder cannot be hid long.

William Shakespeare
Sight, Long, Murder
William Shakespeare (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Illustrated)”, p.9165, Delphi Classics

When you fear a foe, fear crushes your strength; and this weakness gives strength to your opponents.

William Shakespeare
Crush, Fear, Giving

Now the fair goddess, Fortune, Fall deep in love with thee, and her great charms Misguide thy opposers' swords!

William Shakespeare
Fall, Deep Love, Fairness
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.38

Who is Silvia What is she, That all our swains commend her Holy, fair, and wise is she.

William Shakespeare
Wise, Fairness, Holy
'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' (1592-3) act 4, sc. 2, l. 40

Good morrow, fair ones; pray you, if you know, Where in the purlieus of this forest stands A sheep-cote fenc'd about with olive trees?

William Shakespeare
Sheep, Tree, Olives
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Edmond Malone, Alexander Chalmers, Alexander Pope (1826). “Merchant of Venice. As you like it. All's well that ends well. Taming of the shrew. Winter's tale”, p.173

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger.

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

We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we'll not fail.

William Shakespeare
Life, Encouraging, Courage
'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 54

Full fathom five thy father lies

William Shakespeare
Father, Lying, Nymphs
'The Tempest' (1611) act 1, sc. 2, l. 394

Friends now fast sworn, Whose double bosoms seems to wear one heart, Whose hours, whose bed, whose meal and exercise Are still together, who twin, as 'twere, in love, Unseparable, shall within this hour, On a dissension of a doit, break out To bitterest enmity; so fellest foes, Whose passions and whose plots have broke their sleep To take the one the other, by some chance, Some trick not worth an egg, shall grow dear friends And interjoin their issues.

William Shakespeare
Passion, Heart, Sleep
William Shakespeare, Lee Bliss (2000). “Coriolanus”, p.221, Cambridge University Press

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