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Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.

Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.

William Shakespeare
Life, Death, Nature
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 2, l. 72

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Life, Death
'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.

William Shakespeare
Life, Death, Play
'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.

William Shakespeare
Life, Death, Science
Cymbeline V.5

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

William Shakespeare
Life, Taken, Opportunity
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 215

As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.

William Shakespeare
Funny, Life, Ambition
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [27]

Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As mans ingratitude Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude. Heigh-ho sing, heigh-ho unto the green holly Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly. Then heigh-ho the holly This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend rememberd not.

William Shakespeare
Life, Art, Winter
'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 174

There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.

William Shakespeare
Life, Denmark In Hamlet, Hamlet And Ophelia
'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 2, l. 10

So wise so young, they say, do never live long.

William Shakespeare
Life, Death, Wise
'Richard III' (1591) act 3, sc. 1, l. 79

Hereafter, in a better world than this, I shall desire more love and knowledge of you

William Shakespeare
Life, Love You, Knowledge
'As You Like It' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. [301]

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

William Shakespeare
Love, Life, Relationship
1595 Helena. A Midsummer Night's Dream, act1, sc.1, l.234-5.

Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; Take honour from me, and my life is done.

William Shakespeare
Life, Karma, Respect
'Richard II' (1595) act 1, sc. 1, l. 177

Be still prepared for death: and death or life shall thereby be the sweeter.

William Shakespeare
Life, Death, Preparation

Where shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly 's done, when the battle 's lost and won

William Shakespeare
Life, Rain, Play
William Shakespeare (2000). “The Tragedies of Shakespeare: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.1043, Modern Library

And my poor fool is hanged! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, Never, Never, Never, Never! Pray you, undo this button.

William Shakespeare
Life, Dog, Horse
'King Lear' (1605-6) act 5, sc. 3, l. [307]

It is silliness to live when to live is torment, and then have we a prescription to die when death is our physician.

William Shakespeare
Life, Physicians, Silliness
'Othello' (1602-4) act 1, sc. 3, l. [307]

Reason thus with life: If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep.

William Shakespeare
Life, Fool, Reason
'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 3, sc. 1, l. 2

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

William Shakespeare
Life, Character, Men
William Shakespeare (1855). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: With a Life of the Poet, and Notes, Original and Selected; Together with a Copious Glossary”, p.409

Be not afraid of greatness.

William Shakespeare
Life, Greatness, Not Afraid
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 5, l. [158]

We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we'll not fail.

William Shakespeare
Life, Encouraging, Courage
'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 54

Lay aside life-harming heaviness, And entertain a cheerful disposition.

William Shakespeare
Life, Cheerful, Disposition
William Shakespeare, Charles R. Forker (2002). “King Richard II: Third Series”, p.275, Cengage Learning EMEA

I bear a charmed life.

William Shakespeare
Love, Life, Bears
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell (1821). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.271

There are no tricks in plain and simple faith.

William Shakespeare
Life, Faith, Simple
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 4, sc. 2, l. 20

And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe. And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale.

William Shakespeare
Life, You Like It, Hours
'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 26

Ten masts make not the altitude Which thou hast perpendicularly fell. Thy life's a miracle.

William Shakespeare
Life, Miracle, Masts
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.797

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