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

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  And thus the native hue of resolution I is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.
  Source: Hamlet (1600)

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  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

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  Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.
  Source: Twelfth Night (1601)

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  Be patient, For the world is broad and wide.
  Source: Romeo and Juliet 3, 3

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  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.

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  Beggars mounted run their horse to death.
  Source: Henry VI 1, 4

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  Bondage is hoarse and may not speak aloud.
  Source: Romeo and Juliet (1595)

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  Brevity is the soul of wit.
  Source: Hamlet (1600)

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  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.