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Is it not strange, that sheep's guts should hale souls out of men's bodies!

Is it not strange, that sheep's guts should hale souls out of men's bodies!

William Shakespeare
Music, Men, Sheep
"The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and Poetical Works".

...an old man is twice a child.

William Shakespeare
Children, Men, Aging
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.842

Pray you now, forget and forgive.

William Shakespeare
Forgiveness, Memorable, Forgive And Forget
William Shakespeare (2001). “King Lear”, p.305, Classic Books Company

And yet,to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays.

William Shakespeare
Love, Together, Littles
William Shakespeare, Phill Evans (2009). “A Midsummer Night's Dream: In Full Colour, Cartoon, Illustrated Format”, p.27, Shakespeare Comic Books

Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity.

William Shakespeare
Sweet, Lying, Eye
William Shakespeare, James N. Loehlin (2002). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.136, Cambridge University Press

Farewell, my sister, fare thee well. The elements be kind to thee, and make Thy spirits all of comfort: fare thee well.

William Shakespeare
Goodbye, Farewell, Comfort
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.687

I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, But qualify the fire's extreme rage, Lest it should burn above the bounds of reason.

William Shakespeare
Love, Fire, Hot
William Shakespeare (1843). “The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a memoir and essay on his genius by Barry Cornwall: also annotations and remarks by many writers, illustr. with engr. from designs by K. Meadows”

Give me to drink mandragora.

William Shakespeare
Giving, Drink, Forgetfulness
'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 1, sc. 5, l. 4

Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish her election, Sh'ath sealed thee for herself.

William Shakespeare
Real, Men, Choices
William Shakespeare, Philip Edwards (2003). “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”, p.167, Cambridge University Press

Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale. Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to th' rooky wood. Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, While night's black agents to their prey do rouse.

William Shakespeare
Eye, Night, Hands
'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 2, l. 45

And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

William Shakespeare
Military, Army, Thinking
'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 35

I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.

William Shakespeare
Life, Men, Thinking
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. 92

Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead are but as pictures: ‘tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil

William Shakespeare
Sleep, Eye, Giving
'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 2, l. 52

For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.

William Shakespeare
Eye, Tongue, Wonder
Sonnet 106

The will is infinite and the execution confin'd, the desire is boundless and the act a slave to limit.

William Shakespeare
Lust, Desire, Limits
William Shakespeare (2013). “Troilus and Cressida In Plain and Simple English: A Modern Translation and the Original Version”, p.133, BookCaps Study Guides

Suit the action to the word : the word to the action : with this special observance that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature.

William Shakespeare
Special, Acting, Suits
'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [19]

I know them, yea, And what they weigh, even to the utmost scruple; Scambling, out-facing, fashion-mong'ring boys, That lie, and cog, and flout, deprave, and slander, Go antickly, and show outward hideousness, And speak off half a dozen dangerous words, How they might hurt their enemies, if they durst; And this is all.

William Shakespeare
Fashion, Hurt, Lying
William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier (1858). “Much ado about nothing. Love's labour's lost. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming of the shrew. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night”, p.71

Men in rage strike those that wish them best.

William Shakespeare
Anger, Men, Wish
William Shakespeare (2004). “The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice (Sparklesoup Classics)”, p.37, Sparklesoup LLC

How long a time lies in one little word?

William Shakespeare
Lying, Long, Littles
'Richard II' (1595) act 1, sc. 3, l. 213

Then others for breath of words respect, Me for my dumb thoughts, speaking in effect.

William Shakespeare
Dumb, Respect Me, Effects
William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.2854, Oxford University Press

I am not in the giving vein today.

William Shakespeare
Giving, Veins, Charity
'Richard III' (1591) act 4, sc. 2, l. 115

A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers.

William Shakespeare
War, Home, Numbers
'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 1, sc. 1, l. [8]

I had rather eleven died nobly for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of action.

William Shakespeare
Country, Action, Eleven

So well thy words become thee as thy wounds.

William Shakespeare
Thee, Wells, Wounds
William Shakespeare (1807). “Macbeth: A Tragedy”, p.23

Remembrance of things past.

William Shakespeare
Past, Remembrance, Nostalgia
Sonnet 30

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