William Shakespeare Quotes

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
William Shakespeare

Another, Fall, Tempted

Farewell, fair cruelty.
William Shakespeare

Farewell, Fair, Cruelty

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
William Shakespeare

Fortune, Boats, Brings

I dote on his very absence.
William Shakespeare

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.
William Shakespeare

Mind, Speech, Fortunes

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.
William Shakespeare

Peace, Stand, Shall

Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.
William Shakespeare

Marriage, Good, Bad

There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.
William Shakespeare

Great, Men, Loved

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
William Shakespeare

End, Minutes, Waves

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.
William Shakespeare

Dangerous, Temptation, Virtue

I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.
William Shakespeare

Mind, Fair, Villain

I was adored once too.
William Shakespeare

O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!
William Shakespeare

May, Him, Within

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
William Shakespeare

True, Sweet, Mercy

I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.
William Shakespeare

Fashion, Apparel, Wears

Nothing can come of nothing.
William Shakespeare

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.
William Shakespeare

Fire, Heaven, Invention

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.
William Shakespeare

Fashion, Avoid, Cost

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.
William Shakespeare

Enemy, Devil, Mankind

I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.
William Shakespeare

Good, Heart, Shall

I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.
William Shakespeare

Death, Nothing, Motion

Men shut their doors against a setting sun.
William Shakespeare

Men, Sun, Against

Such as we are made of, such we be.
William Shakespeare

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.
William Shakespeare

Run, Fast, Slow

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
William Shakespeare

Loves, Worthy, Flattered

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Dramatist

Born: April 26, 1564

Died: April 23, 1616

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