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I cannot, nor I will not hold me still; My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will.

I cannot, nor I will not hold me still; My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Tongue, Hold Me
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.290

The heart hath treble wrong When it is barr'd the aidance of the tongue.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Tongue, Chafing
William Shakespeare (1816). “The Works of William Shakspeare...: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentic Copies, and Revised, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.144

Watch tonight, pray tomorrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of good fellowship come to you!

William Shakespeare
Prayer, Heart, Boys
William Shakespeare, David M. Bevington (1998). “Henry IV”, p.192, Oxford University Press, USA

No villainous bounty yet hath passed my heart; Unwisely, not ignobly, have I given.

William Shakespeare
Integrity, Heart, Extravagance
William Shakespeare (2011). “Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens: Two Classical Plays”, p.171, Palgrave Macmillan

Be collected. No more amazement. Tell your piteous heart There's no harm done.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Comfort, Done
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.64

Mine eyes are full of tears, my heart of grief.

William Shakespeare
Grief, Heart, Eye
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Edmond Malone, Alexander Chalmers (1856). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copies Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq., and Edmond Malone, Esq., with Mr. Malone's Various Readings; a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes, from the Most Eminent Commentators; a History of the Stage, and a Life of Shakspeare; by Alexander Chalmers, F.S.A.”, p.387

For a noble heart, the most precious gift becomes poor, when the giver stops loving.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Noble, Poor

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me; For now hath time made me his numbering clock: My thoughts are minutes; and with sighs they jar Their watches on unto mine eyes, the outward watch, Whereto my finger, like a dial's point, Is pointing still, in cleansing them from tears. Now sir, the sound that tells what hour it is Are clamorous goans, which strike upon my heart, Which is the bell: so sighs and tears and groans Show minutes, times, and hours.

William Shakespeare
Time, Eye, Heart
William Shakespeare, William Harness (1825). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Comedy of errors. Macbeth. King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1”, p.318

Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head?

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Heart, Venice
'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 2, l. 63

LEONATO Neighbours, you are tedious. DOGBERRY It pleases your worship to say so, but we are the poor duke's officers; but truly, for mine own part, if I were as tedious as a king, I could find it in my heart to bestow it all of your worship.

William Shakespeare
Kings, Heart, Dukes
William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.1480, Oxford University Press

A miracle. Here's our own hands against our hearts. Come, I will have thee, but by this light I take thee for pity. Beatrice: I would not deny you, but by this good day, I yield upon great persuasion, and partly to save your life, for I was told you were in a consumption. Benedick: Peace. I will stop your mouth.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Good Day, Hands
William Shakespeare (2013). “Much Ado About Nothing Simplified!: Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling”, p.278, BookCaps Study Guides

It is not, nor it cannot, come to good, But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Hamlet And Ophelia, Tongue
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 2, l. 158

For this relief much thanks. 'Tis bitter cold, and I am sick at heart.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Sick, Bitter Cold
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 1, l. 8

Let me twine Mine arms about that body, where against My grained ash an hundred times hath broke And scarr'd the moon with splinters: here I clip The anvil of my sword, and do contest As hotly and as nobly with thy love As ever in ambitious strength I did Contend against thy valour. Know thou first, I loved the maid I married; never man Sigh'd truer breath; but that I see thee here, Thou noble thing! more dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw Bestride my threshold.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Moon, Men
William Shakespeare (1809). “The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.137

I never yet did hear, That the bruis'd heart was pierced through the ear

William Shakespeare
Heart, Ears
William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The Fourth Edition. Revised and Augmented (with a Glossarial Index) by the Editor of Dodsley's Collection of Old Plays”, p.429

Can I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Earth, Dull
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.811

To be in love, where scorn is bought with groans; coy looks, with heart-sore sighs; one fading moment's mirth

William Shakespeare
Love You, Heart, Looks
William Shakespeare (1839). “The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere: Comedies / ... Shakspere”, p.19

Sweet love! Sweet lines! Sweet life! Here is her hand, the agent of her heart; Here is her oath for love, her honour's pawn

William Shakespeare
Sweet, Love You, Heart
BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2012). “The Two Gentlemen of Verona in Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation)”, p.44, BookCaps Study Guides

You are my true and honourable wife; As dear to me as the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart.

William Shakespeare
Relationship, Heart, Wife
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 1, l. 285

I thought my heart had been wounded with the claws of a lion.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Lions, Claws
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.1351

O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!

William Shakespeare
Women, Heart, Tigers
'Henry VI, Part 3' (1592) act 1, sc. 4, l. 137

He's truly valiant that can wisely suffer The worst that man can breathe, and make his wrongs His outsides, to wear them like his raiment, carelessly, And ne'er prefer his injuries to his heart, To bring it into danger.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Men, Suffering
William Shakespeare (2011). “Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens: Two Classical Plays”, p.184, Palgrave Macmillan

He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper; for what his heart thinks his tongue speaks.

William Shakespeare
Heart, Thinking, Sound
'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 3, sc. 2, l. [12]

Fair Katherine, and most fair, Will you vouchsafe to teach a soldier terms Such as will enter at a lady's ear, And plead his love-suit to her gentle heart?

William Shakespeare
Heart, Soldier, Ears
William Shakespeare, T.W. Craik (1995). “King Henry V: Third Series”, p.54, Cengage Learning EMEA

Love thrives not in the heart that shadows dreadeth

William Shakespeare
Love, Heart, Shadow
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.118

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