William Shakespeare quotes - page 70

The object of art is to give life a shape. Midsummer Nights Dream. (William Shakespeare)
Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie, And young affection gapes to be his heir; That fair for which love groan'd for and would die, With tender Juliet match'd, is now not fair. View quote
William Shakespeare
The fears as bad as falling. View quote
William Shakespeare
Why, all delights are vain But that most vain, Which, with pain purchased, doth inherit pain. View quote
William Shakespeare
Fie, fie upon herThere's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip,Nay, her foot speaks her wanton spirits look outAt every joint and motive of her body. View quote
William Shakespeare
O, let my books be then the eloquence And dumb presagers of my speaking breast, Who plead for love, and look for recompense More than that tongue that more hath more expressed. View quote
William Shakespeare
For so work the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach; The act of order to a peopled kingdom. View quote
William Shakespeare
O tigers heart wrapped in a womans hide. View quote
William Shakespeare
Rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house as your pearl in a foul oyster. View quote
William Shakespeare
Lechery, lechery still wars and lechery nothing else holds fashion. View quote
William Shakespeare
Just death, kind umpire of mens miseries. (William Shakespeare)
O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams. View quote
William Shakespeare
Some say that ever 'gainst the season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad The nights are wholesome then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor wi. View quote
William Shakespeare
That god forbid, that made me first your slave, I should in thought control your times of pleasure, Or at your hand th' account of hours to crave, Being your vassal bound to stay your leisure! View quote
William Shakespeare
Now, good digestion wait on appetite, And health on both. View quote
William Shakespeare
I am giddy, expectation whirls me round. The imaginary relish is so sweet; That it enchants my sense. View quote
William Shakespeare
How sour sweet music is When time is broke and no proportion kept So is it in the music of men's lives. View quote
William Shakespeare
My friends were poor but honest. View quote
William Shakespeare
An angel or, if not, An earthly paragon. View quote
William Shakespeare
If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me Without my stir. View quote
William Shakespeare
Lets teach ourselves that honourable stop, Not to outsport discretion. (William Shakespeare)
Let us be Diana's foresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of the moon. View quote
William Shakespeare
Rosencrantz Do you take me for a sponge, my lord hamlet Ay, sir that soaks up the kings countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end he keeps them, like an ape, in the corner of his jaw first mouthed, to be last swallowed when he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again. rosencrantz I understand you not, my lord. hamlet I am glad of it a knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. View quote
William Shakespeare
GLOUCESTER Yet so much is my poverty of spirit, So mighty and so many my defects, As I had rather hide me from my greatness, Being a bark to brook no mighty sea, Than in my greatness covet to be hid, And in the vapour of my glory smotherd. But God be thanked.... View quote
William Shakespeare
I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety. View quote
William Shakespeare