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Let's take the instant by the forward top; For we are old, and on our quick'st decrees The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time Steals ere we can effect them.

Let's take the instant by the forward top; For we are old, and on our quick'st decrees The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time Steals ere we can effect them.

William Shakespeare
Time, Feet, Stealing
"All's Well That Ends Well". Play by Thomas Middleton and William Shakespeare, 1741

Assume a virtue if you have it not.

William Shakespeare
Memorable, Assuming, Assumption
'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 4, l. 160

All gold and silver rather turn to dirt, An 'tis no better reckoned but of these Who worship dirty gods.

William Shakespeare
Dirty, Gold, Worship

Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two rascals can be ten times as vicious as one.

William Shakespeare
Men, Two, Wickedness

Give me a bowl of wine. I have not that alacrity of spirit Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have.

William Shakespeare
Cheer, Wine, Giving
William Shakespeare (2008). “Richard III”, p.124, Palgrave Macmillan

Of all complexions the culled sovereignty Do meet, as at a fair, in her fair cheek, Where several worthies make one dignity, Where nothing wants that want itself doth seek.

William Shakespeare
Want, Dignity, Sovereignty
William Shakespeare, H. R. Woudhuysen (1998). “Love's Labour's Lost: Third Series”, p.214, Cengage Learning EMEA

But as the unthought-on accident is guilty To what we wildly do, so we profess Ourselves to be the slaves of chance, and flies Of every wind that blows.

William Shakespeare
Blow, Wind, Chance
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare The Winter's Tale Act IV, Scene 4, l. 548

The people are the city.

William Shakespeare
Cities, People
William Shakespeare (2013). “Shakespeare's Complete Works”, p.4153, Simon and Schuster

Lions make leopards tame.

William Shakespeare
Leopards, Lions
1595 Richard. Richard II, act 1, sc.1, l.174.

Good luck lies in odd numbers.

William Shakespeare
Lying, Good Luck, Numbers
'The Merry Wives of Windsor' (1597) act 5, sc. 1, l. 2

Thou art most rich, being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and most lov'd, despis'd! Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon.

William Shakespeare
Art, Choices, Rich
William Shakespeare (1851). “Dictionary of Shakespearian quotations: Exhibiting the most forcible passages illustrative of the various passions, affections and emotions of the human mind”, p.215

Some glory in their birth , some in their skill , Some in their wealth , some in their bodies' force , Some in their garments, though new-fangled ill; Some in their hawks and hounds , some in their horse ; And every humor hath his adjunct pleasure , Wherein it finds a joy above the rest .

William Shakespeare
Horse, Skills, Joy
William Shakespeare (1816). “The Works of William Shakspeare...: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentic Copies, and Revised, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.75

Unless the old adage must be verified, That beggars mounted, run their horse to death.

William Shakespeare
Running, Horse, Adages

Now he'll outstare the lightning. To be furious Is to be frightened out of fear.

William Shakespeare
Lightning, Frightened, Furious
BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2011). “Antony and Cleopatra In Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation and the Original Version): BookCaps Study Guide”, p.317, BookCaps Study Guides

Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs, Losing both beauty and utility.

William Shakespeare
Docks, Losing, Hateful
'Henry V' (1599) act 5, sc. 2, l. 44

I hold him but a fool that will endanger His body for a girl that loves him not.

William Shakespeare
Girl, Body, Fool
BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2012). “The Two Gentlemen of Verona in Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation)”, p.241, BookCaps Study Guides

Faults that are rich are fair.

William Shakespeare
Faults, Rich, Fairs
William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes”, p.489

My will enkindled by mine eyes and ears, Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores Of will and judgment.

William Shakespeare
Eye, Two, Ears
William Shakespeare (1853). “The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy, delineations of character [&c.] with notes and scriptural references [compiled] by T. Price”, p.37

Our content Is our best having.

William Shakespeare
Contentment
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson (1808). “King Richard III. King Henry VIII”, p.252

If the boy have not a woman's gift To rain a shower of commanded tears, An onion will do well for such a shift.

William Shakespeare
Rain, Boys, Tears
William Shakespeare, Harold James Oliver (1999). “The Taming of the Shrew”, p.96, Oxford University Press, USA

Our praises are our wages.

William Shakespeare
Wages, Praise
William Shakespeare (1866). “A Treasury of Thought from Shakespeare: the choice sayings of his principal characters analytically and alphabetically arranged”, p.290

Unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles: infected minds To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets.

William Shakespeare
Secret, Mind, Deeds
'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 1, l. [78]

Do not spread the compost on the weeds.

William Shakespeare
Weed, Confession, Compost
William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1821). “The dramatic works of William Shakespeare ...”

He that filches from me my good name robs me of that which enriches him and makes me poor indeed.

William Shakespeare
Names, Reputation, Poor
'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 155

Making night hideous.

William Shakespeare
Night, Hideous
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 4, l. 39

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