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William Shakespeare
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“And the vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“All things that are, Are with more spirit chased than enjoy'd. How like a younker or a prodigal The scarfed bark puts from her native bay, Hugg'd and embraced by the strumpet wind! How like the prodigal doth she return, With over-weather'd ribs and ragged sails, Lean, rent, and beggar'd by the strumpet wind!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Must I hold a candle to my shames?”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Young in limbs, in judgment old.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Even in the force and road of casualty.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Hanging and wiving goes by destiny.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“If my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The villany you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard, but I will better the instruction.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Makes a swan-like end, Fading in music.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished? Reply, Reply.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season'd with a gracious voice Obscures the show of evil?”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue in his outward parts.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thus ornament is but the guiled shore To a most dangerous sea.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The seeming truth which cunning times put on To entrap the wisest.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“An unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractised; Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Here are a few of the unpleasant'st words That ever blotted paper!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The kindest man, The best-condition'd and unwearied spirit In doing courtesies.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thus when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Let it serve for table-talk.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A harmless necessary cat.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“What! wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I am a tainted wether of the flock, Meetest for death: the weakest kind of fruit Drops earliest to the ground.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I never knew so young a body with so old a head.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'T is mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Is it so nominated in the bond?”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“'T is not in the bond.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Speak me fair in death.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“An upright judge, a learned judge!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A second Daniel, a Daniel, Jew! Now, infidel, I have you on the hip.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“You take my house when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life When you do take the means whereby I live.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“He is well paid that is well satisfied.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here we will sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold: There 's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins. Such harmony is in immortal souls; But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I am never merry when I hear sweet music.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“How many things by season season'd are To their right praise and true perfection!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“This night methinks is but the daylight sick.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“These blessed candles of the night.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way Of starved people.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“We will answer all things faithfully.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Fortune reigns in gifts of the world.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Well said: that was laid on with a trowel.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Your heart's desires be with you!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“One out of suits with fortune.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source