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Time be thine, And thy best graces spend it at thy will.

Time be thine, And thy best graces spend it at thy will.

William Shakespeare
Time, Grace
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.195

Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.

William Shakespeare
Memorable, Grace, Speak
William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft (1812). “Aphorisms from Shakespeare; arranged according to the plays,&c. With a preface and notes, etc. [By C. Lofft.]”, p.117

Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.

William Shakespeare
Weed, Grace, Herbs
William Shakespeare, Samuel Weller Singer (1856). “King Henry VI, pt. 1-3. King Richard III”, p.461

Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle; I am no traitor's uncle, and that word "grace" In an ungracious mouth is but profane.

William Shakespeare
Uncles, Grace, Mouths
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1806). “The plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators”, p.64

Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle.

William Shakespeare
Uncles, Grace
'Richard II' (1595) act 2, sc. 3, l. 87

He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural.

William Shakespeare
Grace, Doe, Natural
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 3, l. [91]

Angels and ministers of grace defend us.

William Shakespeare
Angel, Grace, Denmark In Hamlet
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 4, l. 39

O, then, what graces in my love do dwell, that he hath turn'd a heaven unto hell

William Shakespeare
Love, Heaven, Grace
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Edmond Malone, Charles Symmons (1842). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: From the Text of the Corrected Copies of Steevens and Malone, with a Life of the Poet”, p.117

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

God mark thee to His grace! Thou was the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed. And might I live to see thee married once, I have my wish.

William Shakespeare
Baby, Grace, Wish
William Shakespeare, Alan Durband (1990). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.52, Nelson Thornes

O momentary grace of mortal men, Which we more hunt for than the grace of God!

William Shakespeare
Men, Grace, Religion
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.854, BookCaps Study Guides

He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace and fear: And you all know, security Is mortals' chiefest enemy.

William Shakespeare
Fate, Grace, Enemy
William Shakespeare (2008). “Macbeth”, p.202, Cambridge University Press

Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives, Live regist'red upon our brazen tombs And then grace us in the disgrace of death; When, spite of cormorant devouring Time, Th' endeavor of this present breath may buy That honor which shall bate his scythe's keen edge And make us heirs of all eternity.

William Shakespeare
Book, Grace, Honor
'Love's Labour's Lost' (1595) act 1, sc. 1, l. 1

Take no repulse, whatever she doth say; For 'get you gone,' she doth not mean 'away.' Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces; Though ne'er so black, say they have angels' faces

William Shakespeare
Mean, Angel, Grace
William Shakespeare (2007). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.200, Wordsworth Editions

Till all grace be in one woman, one woman shall not come in my grace.

William Shakespeare
Grace, Perfect Woman, One Woman
Samuel Ayscough, William Shakespeare (1827). “An index to the remarkable passages and words made use of by Shakespeare”

To some kind of men their graces serve them but as enemies.

William Shakespeare
Men, Grace, Enemy
William Shakespeare (1826). “The Plays of William Shakspeare Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copies, Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq. and Edmond Malone, Esq”, p.169

When once our grace we have forgot, Nothing goes right.

William Shakespeare
Grace, Measure For Measure
William Shakespeare, Barry Cornwall (1857). “Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. Twelfth night. Measure for measure. Much ado about nothing. Taming of the shrew. Comedy of errors. Merchant of Venice. Midsummer night's dream. Love's labour's lost. As you like it. Winter's tale. All's well that ends well”, p.193

If yon bethink yourself of any crime Unreconcil'd as yet to heaven and grace, Solicit for it straight.

William Shakespeare
Prayer, Heaven, Grace
William Shakespeare, Roma Gill (2002). “Othello”, p.126, Oxford University Press, USA

DON PEDRO Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of Signior Benedick. BEATRICE Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile; and I gave him use for it, a double heart for his single one: marry, once before he won it of me with false dice, therefore your grace may well say I have lost it. DON PEDRO You have put him down, lady, you have put him down. BEATRICE So I would not he should do me, my lord, lest I should prove the mother of fools.

William Shakespeare
Mother, Heart, Grace
William Shakespeare (2014). “Arden Shakespeare Complete Works”, p.921, Bloomsbury Publishing

What, gone without a word? Ay, so true love should do; it cannot speak, For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.

William Shakespeare
Silence, Grace, Gone
1590-1 Proteus. The Two Gentlemen of Verona, act 2, sc.2, l.16-18.

For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.

William Shakespeare
Grace, Deeds
1590-1 Proteus. The Two Gentlemen of Verona, act 2, sc.2, l.16-18.

For my part, if a lie may do thee grace, I'll gild it with the happiest terms I have.

William Shakespeare
Lying, Grace, May
'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 5, sc. 4, l. [161]

Thou hast her, France; let her be thine, for we Have no such daughter, nor shall ever see That face of hers again. Therefore be gone Without our grace, our love, our benison.

William Shakespeare
Daughter, Childhood, Grace
William Shakespeare (2009). “King Lear”, p.36, Palgrave Macmillan

One woman is fair, yet I am well; another is wise, yet I am well; another virtuous, yet I am well; but till all graces be in one woman, one woman shall not come in my grace.

William Shakespeare
Wise, Grace, Virtuous
William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.125

Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard, and many a time Th' harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too diligent ear; for several virtues Have I liked several women; never any With so full soul but some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed, And put it to the foil.

William Shakespeare
Grace, Soul, Ears
William Shakespeare, David Lindley (2002). “The Tempest”, p.159, Cambridge University Press

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