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William Shakespeare
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“Let the end try the man.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“He was indeed the glass Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Aggravate your choler.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse! how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness?”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“With all appliances and means to boot.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all; all shall die. How a good yoke of bullocks at Stamford fair?”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Accommodated; that is, when a man is, as they say, accommodated; or when a man is, being, whereby a' may be thought to be accommodated,--which is an excellent thing.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Most forcible Feeble.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“We have heard the chimes at midnight.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Like a man made after supper of a cheese-paring: when a' was naked, he was, for all the world, like a forked radish, with a head fantastically carved upon it with a knife.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“We are ready to try our fortunes To the last man.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I may justly say, with the hook-nosed fellow of Rome, "I came, saw, and overcame.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Commit The oldest sins the newest kind of ways.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws, tell William cook.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“His cares are now all ended.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“_Falstaff._ What wind blew you hither, Pistol? _Pistol._ Not the ill wind which blows no man to good.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A foutre for the world and worldlings base! I speak of Africa and golden joys.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Under which king, Bezonian? speak, or die!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Consideration, like an angel, came And whipped the offending Adam out of him.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter: that when he speaks, The air, a chartered libertine, is still.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Base is the slave that pays.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Even at the turning o' the tide.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“His nose was as sharp as a pen, and a' babbled of green fields.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“As cold as any stone.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin As self-neglecting.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there 's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And sheathed their swords for lack of argument.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Men of few words are the best men.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I thought upon one pair of English legs Did march three Frenchmen.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“You may as well say, that 's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fixed sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch; Fire answers fire, and through their paly flames Each battle sees the other's umbered face; Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear, and from the tents The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Every subject's duty is the king's; but every subject's soul is his own.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“That 's a perilous shot out of an elder-gun.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Who with a body filled and vacant mind Gets him to rest, crammed with distressful bread.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words,-- Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,-- Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“There is a river in Macedon; and there is also moreover a river at Monmouth; . . . and there is salmons in both.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“An arrant traitor as any is in the universal world, or in France, or in England!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“By this leek, I will most horribly revenge: I eat and eat, I swear.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source