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William Shakespeare
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“I said, an elder soldier, not a better: Did I say "better"?”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am arm'd so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Should I have answer'd Caius Cassius so? When Marcus Brutus grows so covetous, To lock such rascal counters from his friends, Be ready, gods, with all your thunderbolts: Dash him to pieces!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A friend should bear his friend's infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“All his faults observed, Set in a note-book, learn'd, and conn'd by rote.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“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.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“We must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The deep of night is crept upon our talk, And nature must obey necessity.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“_Brutus._ Then I shall see thee again? _Ghost._ Ay, at Philippi. _Brutus._ Why, I will see thee at Philippi, then.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But for your words, they rob the Hybla bees, And leave them honeyless.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Forever, and forever, farewell, Cassius! If we do meet again, why, we shall smile; If not, why then this parting was well made.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“O, that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The last of all the Romans, fare thee well!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“This was the noblest Roman of them all.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, "This was a man!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“_1 W._ When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? _2 W._ When the hurlyburly 's done, When the battle 's lost and won.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Banners flout the sky.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Sleep shall neither night nor day Hang upon his pent-house lid.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Dwindle, peak, and pine.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“What are these So wither'd and so wild in their attire, That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth, And yet are on 't?”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“If you can look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow and which will not.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Stands not within the prospect of belief.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The earth hath bubbles as the water has, And these are of them.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The insane root That takes the reason prisoner.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray 's In deepest consequence.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Two truths are told, As happy prologues to the swelling act Of the imperial theme.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature. Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Nothing is But what is not.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death To throw away the dearest thing he owed, As 't were a careless trifle.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“There 's no art To find the mind's construction in the face.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“More is thy due than more than all can pay.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“What thou wouldst highly, That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters. To beguile the time, Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under 't.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Which shall to all our nights and days to come Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The heaven's breath Smells wooingly here: no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle: Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed, The air is delicate.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“If it were done when 't is done, then 't were well It were done quickly: if the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We 'ld jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which being taught, return To plague the inventor: this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim, horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, And falls on the other.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i' the adage.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Nor time nor place Did then adhere.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“_Macb._ If we should fail? _Lady M._ We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we 'll not fail.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Memory, the warder of the brain.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“There 's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Shut up In measureless content.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source