Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old William Shakespeare quotes, William Shakespeare sayings, and William Shakespeare proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows.William Shakespeare
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Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.William Shakespeare
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How like a winter hath my absence been. From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year. What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen? What old December’s bareness everywhere.William Shakespeare
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What should we speak of when we are old as you? when we shall hear the rain and wind beat dark December? How in this our pinching cave, shall we discourse the freezing hours away?William Shakespeare
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They are sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing.William Shakespeare
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My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.William Shakespeare
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Affection is a coal that must be cooled; else, suffer'd, it will set the heart on fire.William Shakespeare
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Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.William Shakespeare
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O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.William Shakespeare
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The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast seas. The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.William Shakespeare
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So did this horse excel a common one / In shape, in courage, color, pace, and bone / What a horse should have he did not lack / Save a proud rider on so proud a back.William Shakespeare
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Friendship is constant in all other things, save in the office and affairs of love.William Shakespeare
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A good heart is worth gold, and more than.William Shakespeare
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Go to your bosom; Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.William Shakespeare
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As a little snow, tumbled about, anon becomes a mountain.William Shakespeare
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If you've saved it for marriage, your wedding day can seem a long time coming.William Shakespeare
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You are thought here to be the most senseless and fit man for the constable of the watch, therefore bear you the lanternWilliam Shakespeare
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A smile cures the wounding of a frown.William Shakespeare
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The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.William Shakespeare
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Be still prepared for death: and death or life shall thereby be the sweeter.William Shakespeare
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Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
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Good old grandsire ... we shall be joyful of thy company.William Shakespeare
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The nature of bad news affects the teller.William Shakespeare
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The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.William Shakespeare
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Lord, what fools these mortals be!William Shakespeare
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But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?William Shakespeare
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Flower of this purple dye, hit with Cupid's archery, sink in apple of his eye.William Shakespeare
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Make me a willow cabin at your gate, and call upon my soul within the house. Write loyal cantons of contemned love and sing them loud even in the dead of night.William Shakespeare
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger.William Shakespeare
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Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.William Shakespeare