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Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks

William Shakespeare
Poverty, Thanks, Poor
William Shakespeare (1847). “Family Shakespeare”, p.856

To saucy doubts and fears.

William Shakespeare
Doubt, Doubt And Fear
'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 4, l. 24

Never, never, never, never, never! Pray you, undo this button.

William Shakespeare
Prayer, Buttons, Praying
'King Lear' (1605-6) act 5, sc. 3, l. [307]

The gloomy shade of death.

William Shakespeare
Death, Shade, Gloomy
William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, 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.169

What ugly sights of death within mine eyes!

William Shakespeare
Death, Eye, Sight
William Shakespeare (1864). “The Works of William Shakespeare: The first, second, and third parts of King Henry VI. The first part of the contention, &c. The true tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke, and the good King Henry the Sixt. King Richard III”, p.507

O wretched state! o bosom black as death!

William Shakespeare
Death, Black, States
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson (1790). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello”, p.327

On pain of death, no person be so bold.

William Shakespeare
Death, Pain, Persons
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.341

Oh! it offends me to the soul to hear a robust periwig-pated fellow, tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings.

William Shakespeare
Passion, Soul, Tears
'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. 1

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

William Shakespeare
Iron, Pity, Gates
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.140

There's her cousin, an she were not possessed with a fury, exceeds her as much in beauty as the first of May doth the last of December.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Cousin, May
William Shakespeare (2013). “Much Ado About Nothing Simplified!: Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling”, p.83, BookCaps Study Guides

You dull ass will not mend his pace with beating.

William Shakespeare
Horse, Pace, Dull
'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 1, l. [61]

I am such a tender ass, if my hair do but tickle me, I must scratch.

William Shakespeare
Horse, Hair, Scratches
1595 Bottom. A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 4, sc.1, l.23-6.

God send everyone their heart's desire!

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Teenager, Heart
William Shakespeare (2013). “Much Ado About Nothing Simplified!: Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling”, p.189, BookCaps Study Guides

Is not the truth the truth?

William Shakespeare
Truth
William Shakespeare, Herbert Weil, Judith Weil (2007). “The First Part of King Henry IV”, p.138, Cambridge University Press

The wind-shak'd surge, with high and monstrous main, Seems to cast water on the burning Bear, And quench the guards of the ever-fixed pole.

William Shakespeare
Science, Wind, Water
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, George Steevens (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.292

We make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars; as if we were villians by compulsion.

William Shakespeare
Stars, Moon, Guilt
William Shakespeare (2008). “King Lear: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.23, ReadHowYouWant.com

My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent.

William Shakespeare
Strong, Guilt, Stronger
William Shakespeare (1733). “The Works of Shakespeare in Seven Volumes”, p.308

O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!

William Shakespeare
Coward, Conscience
'Richard III' (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 178

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is slicked o'er with the pale cast of thought

William Shakespeare
Coward, Doe, Hue

Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat; Of habits devil, is angel yet in this.

William Shakespeare
Angel, Devil, Monsters
'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 4, l. 160

Mine eyes Were not in fault, for she was beautiful; Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart, That thought her like her seeming. It had been vicious To have mistrusted her.

William Shakespeare
Beautiful, Heart, Eye
Cross, William Shakespeare (1989). “William Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.1095, Barnes & Noble Publishing

Nay, do not think I flatter. For what advancement may I hope from thee, That no revenue hast but thy good spirits To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flattered?

William Shakespeare
Thinking, Advancement, May
William Shakespeare (2011). “Hamlet”, p.139, Simon and Schuster

By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy The tongues of soothers! but a braver place In my heart's love hath no man than yourself. Nay, task me to my word; approve me, lord.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Men, Tasks
William Shakespeare, Herbert Weil, Judith Weil (2007). “The First Part of King Henry IV”, p.179, Cambridge University Press

O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery!

William Shakespeare
Men, Ears, Flattery
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.132

They do not abuse the king that flatter him. For flattery is the bellows blows up sin; The thing the which is flattered, but a spark To which that blast gives heat and stronger glowing.

William Shakespeare
Kings, Blow, Glowing
William Shakespeare (2004). “Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Sparklesoup Classics)”, p.11, Sparklesoup LLC

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