Top 25 Quotes by William Shakespeare of 4028 - Page 56

The Brightness of her cheek would shame those stars as daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven would through the airy region stream so bright that birds would sing, and think it were not night.

The Brightness of her cheek would shame those stars as daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven would through the airy region stream so bright that birds would sing, and think it were not night.

William Shakespeare

Stars, Eye, Night

William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.812

Hereditary sloth instructs me.

William Shakespeare

Sloth, Hereditary

William Shakespeare, David Lindley (2013). “The Tempest”, p.158, Cambridge University Press

These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor; This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome.

William Shakespeare

Rome, Sloth, Cardinals

William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Henry VIII! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.146, BookCaps Study Guides

And to the English court assemble now, From every region, apes of idleness!

William Shakespeare

Sloth, Apes, Court

William Shakespeare (2016). “King Henry IV Part 2: Third Series”, p.378, Bloomsbury Publishing

He is not worthy of the honey-comb, that shuns the hives because the bees have stings.

William Shakespeare

Honey, Bees, Worthy

William Shakespeare (1709). “The Works of Mr. William Shakespear: In Eight Volumes. Adorn'd with Cuts”

Stars hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires: The eyes wink at the hand; yet let that be which the eye fears, when it is done, to see

William Shakespeare

Stars, Eye, Fire

William Shakespeare (2015). “Macbeth: Third Series”, p.152, Bloomsbury Publishing

Have you not a moist eye, a dry hand, a yellow cheek, a white beard, a decreasing leg, an increasing belly? Is not your voice broken, your wind short, your chin double, your wit single, and every part about you blasted with antiquity?

William Shakespeare

Time, Eye, Hands

'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 1, sc. 2, l. [206]

If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep, My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne, And all this day an unaccustomed spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.

William Shakespeare

Dream, Sleep, Hands

'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 5, sc. 1, l. 3

Love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. *Love each other in moderation. That is the key to long-lasting love. Too fast is as bad as too slow.*

William Shakespeare

Keys, Long, Moderation

He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing. Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, And therefore are they very dangerous.

William Shakespeare

Heart, Men, Play

'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. 197

Receive what cheer you may. The night is long that never finds the day.

William Shakespeare

Cheer, Night, Long

1606 Malcolm. Macbeth, act 4, sc.3, l.242.

The day shall not be up so soon as I, To try the fair adventure of tomorrow.

William Shakespeare

Adventure, Trying, Tomorrow

William Shakespeare, L. A. Beaurline (1990). “King John”, p.162, Cambridge University Press

Love is merely a madness, and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do.

William Shakespeare

Dark, Love Is, House

William Shakespeare, Michael Hattaway (2000). “As You Like It”, p.145, Cambridge University Press

A lover goes toward his beloved as enthusiastically as a schoolboy leaving his books, but when he leaves his girlfriend, he feels as miserable as the schoolboy on his way to school. (Act 2, scene 2)

William Shakespeare

Girlfriend, Book, School

Conscience is a thousand swords.

William Shakespeare

Thousand, Conscience

William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edward Capell, Alexander Pope, George Steevens (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.207

The rain, it raineth every day.

William Shakespeare

Rain, Rain Water, Raining Day

'King Lear' (1605-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. [74]

I doubt not then but innocence shall makeFalse accusation blush, and tyrannyTremble at patience.

William Shakespeare

Doubt, Innocence, Accusation

William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.308

So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.

William Shakespeare

Ornaments, Deceit, World

'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 2, l. 73

Now the melancholy God protect thee, and the tailor make thy garments of changeable taffeta, for thy mind is opal.

William Shakespeare

Jewels, Mind, Opal

You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings and soar with them above a common bound.

William Shakespeare

Wings, Romeo And Juliet Love, Lovers

William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.56, Classic Books Company

For who so firm that cannot be seduced?

William Shakespeare

Firm

William Shakespeare, David Daniell (1998). “Julius Caesar: Third Series”, p.183, Cengage Learning EMEA

The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits.

William Shakespeare

Fool, You Like It, Wit

William Shakespeare, Juliet Dusinberre (2006). “As You Like It: Third Series”, p.163, Cengage Learning EMEA

This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.

William Shakespeare

Lying, Home, Feet

'King John' (1591-8) act 5, sc. 7, l. 112