Quotes by William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet
Alive from: 1564-1616
Category: Poets (Contemporary) | Writers (Contemporary)
Quotes 76 till 90 of 536.
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And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
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And seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
Source: Henry VI 4, 7 -
And thus the native hue of resolution I is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.
Source: Hamlet (1600) -
And where the offence is, let the great axe fall.
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As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; They kill us for their sport.
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Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
Source: Hamlet -
Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.
Source: Twelfth Night (1601) -
Be patient, For the world is broad and wide.
Source: Romeo and Juliet 3, 3 -
Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good;
a shining gloss that fadeth suddenly;
a flower that dies when it begins to bud;
a doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower,
lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour. -
Beggars mounted run their horse to death.
Source: Henry VI 1, 4 -
Bondage is hoarse and may not speak aloud.
Source: Romeo and Juliet (1595) -
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Source: Hamlet (1600) -
But I will be a bridegroom in my death, and run into a lover's bed.
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But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
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By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.
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