William Shakespeare Quotes about Office

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Virtue's office never breaks men's troth.

Virtue's office never breaks men's troth.

William Shakespeare

Men, Office, Virtue

William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.426

Let us sit and mock the good housewife Fortune from her wheel, that her gifts may henceforth be bestowed equally, I would we could do so for her benefits are mightily misplaced and the bountiful blind girl doth most mistake in her gifts to women. 'Tis true for those that she makes fair she scarce makes honest and those that she makes honest she makes very ill-favouredly. Nay, now thou goest from Fortunes office to Natures. Fortune reigns in gifts of the world, not in the lineaments of Nature.

William Shakespeare

Girl, Mistake, Office

'As You Like It' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. [35]

To offend and judge are distinct offices, And of opposed natures.

William Shakespeare

Law, Judging, Office

William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell, George Steevens (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.70

The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order.

William Shakespeare

Order, Office, Priorities

'Troilus And Cressida' (1602) act 1, sc. 3, l. 85

Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? And the creature run from the cur. There thou mightst behold the great image of authority-a dog's obeyed in office.

William Shakespeare

Running, Dog, Office

William Shakespeare, Jay L. Halio (1994). “The First Quarto of King Lear”, p.107, Cambridge University Press

Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savagery aside, have done like offices of pity.

William Shakespeare

Office, Savages, Done

No, no; 'tis all men's office to speak patience To those that wring under the load of sorrow, But no man's virtue nor sufficiency To be so moral when he shall endure The like himself. Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder than advertisement.

William Shakespeare

Grief, Men, Office

William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.120

Let none presume To wear an undeserved dignity. O that estates, degrees, and offices Were not derived corruptly, and that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer!

William Shakespeare

Office, Degrees, Merit

1596-7 Aragon.TheMerchant ofVenice, act 2, sc.9, l.40-2.