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William Shakespeare
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“I am the very pink of courtesy.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“My man 's as true as steel.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“These violent delights have violent ends.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Here comes the lady! O, so light a foot Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A word and a blow.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A plague o' both your houses!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“_Rom._ Courage, man; the hurt cannot be much. _Mer._ No, 't is not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but 't is enough, 't will serve.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Was ever book containing such vile matter So fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell In such a gorgeous palace!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thou cutt'st my head off with a golden axe.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“They may seize On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who, even in pure and vestal modesty, Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The damned use that word in hell.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Taking the measure of an unmade grave.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“All these woes shall serve For sweet discourses in our time to come.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Villain and he be many miles asunder.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thank me no thanks, nor proud me no prouds.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I do remember an apothecary,-- And hereabouts he dwells.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A beggarly account of empty boxes.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Famine is in thy cheeks.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The world is not thy friend nor the world's law.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“_Ap._ My poverty, but not my will, consents. _Rom._ I pay thy poverty, and not thy will.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The strength Of twenty men.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“One writ with me in sour misfortune's book.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Her beauty makes This vault a feasting presence full of light.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, Leaving no tract behind.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Here 's that which is too weak to be a sinner,--honest water, which ne'er left man i' the mire.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Immortal gods, I crave no pelf; I pray for no man but myself; Grant I may never prove so fond, To trust man on his oath or bond.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Men shut their doors against a setting sun.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Every room Hath blazed with lights and bray'd with minstrelsy.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“'T is lack of kindly warmth.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Are not within the leaf of pity writ.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I 'll example you with thievery: The sun 's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea; the moon 's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun; The sea 's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears; the earth 's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement: each thing 's a thief.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Life's uncertain voyage.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“As proper men as ever trod upon neat's leather.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The live-long day.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Well, honour is the subject of my story. I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source