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Read o'er this And after, this, and then to breakfast with What appetite you have.

Read o'er this And after, this, and then to breakfast with What appetite you have.

William Shakespeare
Breakfast, Appetite
'Henry VIII' (1613) act 3, sc. 2, l. 203

Who riseth from a feast With that keen appetite that he sits down?

William Shakespeare
Food, Cooking, Culinary
William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.6021, BookCaps Study Guides

When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me Water with berries in't; and teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less, That burn by day and night; and then I loved thee And showed thee all the qualities o' th' isle, The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile.

William Shakespeare
Spring, Night, Light
William Shakespeare (1998). “Four Late Plays”, p.357, Wordsworth Editions

My lord, they say five moons were seen to-night-- Four fixed, and the fifth did whirl about The other four in wondrous motion.

William Shakespeare
Moon, Night, Four
William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.117, BookCaps Study Guides

Shall remain! Hear you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you His absolute 'shall'?

William Shakespeare
Authority, Mark, Minnows
'Coriolanus' (1608) act 3, sc. 1, l. 88

Thus can the demigod Authority Make us pay down for our offense by weight The words of heaven; on whom it will, it will, On whom it will not, so: yet still 'tis just.

William Shakespeare
Heaven, Weight, Pay
William Shakespeare (2000). “Measure for Measure”, p.42, Penguin

Merciful heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man, Dressed in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured His glassy essence--like an angry ape Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens, would all themselves laugh mortal.

William Shakespeare
Angel, Men, Essence
William Shakespeare, N. W. Bawcutt (1998). “Measure for Measure”, p.128, Oxford University Press, USA

Well, I must be patient; there is no fettering of authority.

William Shakespeare
Patient, Be Patient, Authority
William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1872). “Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible Passages, Illustrative of the Various Passions, Affections and Emotions of the Human Mind”, p.25

Shall I never see a bachelor of three score again?

William Shakespeare
Three, Bachelors, Score
'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 1, sc. 1, l. [209]

I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballet-mongers.

William Shakespeare
Ballet, Cry, Kitten
'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 3, sc. 1, l. [128]

I love a ballad but even too well if it be doleful matter merrily set down, or a very pleasant thing indeed and sung lamentably.

William Shakespeare
Matter, Ballads, Doleful
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1805). “Taming of the shrew. Winter's tale. Comedy of errors”, p.267

Were beauty under twenty locks kept fast, yet love breaks through and picks them all at last.

William Shakespeare
Beauty, Break Through, Twenties
William Shakespeare (2006). “The Poems: Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, The Passionate Pilgrim, A Lover's Complaint”, p.117, Cambridge University Press

The most peerless piece of earth, I think, that e' er the sun shone bright on.

William Shakespeare
Beauty, Thinking, Pieces
William Shakespeare, John Pitcher (2010). “The Winter's Tale: Third Series”, p.318, A&C Black

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and sure, dear friends, my thanks are too dear a halfpenny.

William Shakespeare
Thanks, Poor, Dear Friend
William Shakespeare (2015). “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”, p.54, Hackett Publishing

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

William Shakespeare
Strong, Results, Ill
William Shakespeare (2001). “The Tragedy of Macbeth”, p.159, Classic Books Company

What: is the jay more precious than the lark because his feathers are more beautiful?

William Shakespeare
Beautiful, Animal, Larks
1593 Petruccio to Kate.TheTaming of the Shrew, act 4, sc.3, l.173-6.

Be not too tame neither, but let your own Discretion be your tutor; suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

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

Age, I do abhor thee, youth, I do adore thee.

William Shakespeare
Age, Youth, Thee
'The Passionate Pilgrim' (1599), 12

Few things loves better Than to abhor himself.

William Shakespeare
Love Is, Abhorrence
William Shakespeare (1872). “The Works of William Shakespeare: The Text Carefully Restored According to the First Editions”, p.25

A rotten case abides no handling.

William Shakespeare
Rotten, Cases
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.283

Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents The armorers accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation.

William Shakespeare
Horse, Night, Giving
'Henry V' (1599) act 4, chorus, l. 1

If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue.

William Shakespeare
Wine, Play, Acting
'As You Like It' (1599) act 5, sc. 4, epilogue l. [3]

Like a dull actor now, I have forgot my part, and I am out, Even to a full disgrace.

William Shakespeare
Acting, Actors, Dull
'Coriolanus' (1608) act 5, sc. 3, l. 40

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry. But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain: So thou, that hast no unkind mate to grieve thee, With urging helpless patience wouldst relieve me; But if thou live to see like right bereft, This fool-begged patience in thee will be left.

William Shakespeare
Pain, Adversity, Grieving
William Shakespeare, Alfred Harbage (1977). “The complete works”

He is the most wretched of men who has never felt adversity.

William Shakespeare
Adversity, Men, Wretched

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