William Shakespeare's Quotes

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If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages prince's palaces....William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare(1564-1616)

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As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; They kill us for their sport.

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As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.

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Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

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Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

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Brevity is the soul of wit.

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Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

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Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?

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Expectation is the root of all heartache.

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Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

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He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.

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Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

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How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!

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How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

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If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.

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If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.

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If you want to win anything - a race, your self, your life - you have to go a little berserk.

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In time we hate that which we often fear.

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Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

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It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.

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Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

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Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.

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Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

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Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.

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Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

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Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

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O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me, all the uses of this world!

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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

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Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

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Parting is such sweet sorrow.

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Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.

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The course of true love never did run smooth.

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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

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The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

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The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.

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The object of art is to give life a shape.

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The wheel is come full circle.

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There's no trust, no faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, all forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.

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They do not love that do not show their love.

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This above all; to thine own self be true.

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Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

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'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

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To be, or not to be: that is the question.

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We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing,since things require a seed to start from ...herefore there is not anything,which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.

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What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

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When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.

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Why so large a cost, having so short a lease,

does thou upon your fading mansion spend?

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Women speak two languages - one of which is verbal.

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Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.

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