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An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye; Give him a little earth for charity!

An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye; Give him a little earth for charity!

William Shakespeare
Men, Broken, Giving
'Henry VIII' (1613) act 4, sc. 2, l. 21

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

William Shakespeare
Men, Giving, Reason
'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 2, sc. 4, l. [267]

When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.

William Shakespeare
Wise, Men, Giving
William Shakespeare (1790). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: Timon of Athens. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear. Vol. 8”, p.562

A stirring dwarf we do allowance give Before a sleeping giant.

William Shakespeare
Sleep, Dwarves, Giving
William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Nicholas Rowe, Samuel Johnson (1791). “Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes. To which is Now Added, a Copious Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words”, p.1320

If you shall marry, You give away this hand, and this is mine; You give away heaven's vows, and those are mine; You give away myself, which is known mine; For I by vow am so embodied yours That she which marries you must marry me-- Either both or none.

William Shakespeare
Hands, Giving, Heaven
William Shakespeare, William Harness, William Gilmore Simms (1842). “The Complete Works of William Shakspeare”, p.252

To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience, and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation: To this point I stand,-- That both the worlds I give to negligence, Let come what comes; only I'll be reveng'd.

William Shakespeare
Revenge, Giving, Grace
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.435

For the success, Although particular, shall give a scantling Of good or bad unto the general; And in such indexes, although small pricks To their subsequent volumes, there is seen The baby figure of the giant mass Of things to come at large.

William Shakespeare
Baby, Book, Giving
'Troilus And Cressida' (1602) act 1, sc. 3, l. 343

Well, God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools, let them use their talents.

William Shakespeare
Giving, Use, Fool
William Shakespeare (1998). “Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will”, p.103, Oxford University Press, USA

Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary letter! My lord, if you will give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar, and daub the wall of a jakes with him. *all cheer for Shakespearean insults*

William Shakespeare
Cheer, Wall, Giving

A rarer spirit never Did steer humanity; but you gods will give us Some faults to make us men.

William Shakespeare
Men, Giving, Humanity
'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 5, sc. 1, l. 31

Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar.

William Shakespeare
Mean, Giving, Tongue
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

Give me to drink mandragora.

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

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

I am not in the giving vein today.

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

Nature does require her time of preservation, which perforce, I her frail son amongst my brethren mortal, must give my attendance to.

William Shakespeare
Health, Son, Giving
William Shakespeare (2008). “The Oxford Shakespeare: King Henry VIII: or All is True”, p.154, OUP Oxford

To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength, gives in your weakness strength unto your foe.

William Shakespeare
Fear, Giving, Weakness
William Shakespeare (2013). “The Wars of the Roses In Plain and Simple English: Includes Henry VI Parts 1 - 3 & Richard III, Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V”, p.1097, BookCaps Study Guides

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much. Lady, as you are mine, I am yours: I give away myself for you and dote upon the exchange.

William Shakespeare
Giving, Silence, Joy
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.48

Why, friends, you go to do you know not what: Wherein hath Caesar thus deserved your loves? Alas, you know not: I must tell you then: You have forgot the will I told you of. . . . . Here is the will, and under Caesar's seal. To every Roman citizen he gives, To every several man, seventy-five drachmas. . . . . Moreover, he hath left you all his walks, His private arbours and new-planted orchards, On this side Tiber; he hath left them you, And to your heirs for ever, common pleasures, To walk abroad, and recreate yourselves. Here was a Caesar! when comes such another?

William Shakespeare
Love, Men, Giving
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [252]

When I have plucked the rose, I cannot give it vital growth again, It needs must wither. I'll smell it on the tree.

William Shakespeare
Smell, Giving, Rose
'Othello' (1602-4) act 5, sc. 2, l. 1

Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

William Shakespeare
Men, Voice, Giving
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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

No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell.

William Shakespeare
Sad, Giving, Sullen
Sonnet 71

O the world is but a word; were it all yours to give it in a breath, how quickly were it gone!

William Shakespeare
Generosity, Giving, Gone
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson (1809). “Hamlet. Timon of Athens”, p.355

O heresy in fair, fit for these days, A giving hand, though foul, shall have fair praise.

William Shakespeare
Hands, Generosity, Giving
William Shakespeare (1858). “The Plays of Shakespeare”, p.69

The devil shall have his bargain; for he was never yet a breaker of proverbs--he will give the devil his due.

William Shakespeare
Giving, Devil, Bargains
1596-7 Prince Harry. Henry IV Part One, act1, sc.2, l.117-8.

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