Inspiring Quotes by William Shakespeare - Page 2

Click here to get back to William Shakespeare

"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin"

"The course of true love never did run smooth"

"Poor and content is rich, and rich enough"

"Pleasure and action make the hours seem short"

"The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it"

"The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones"

"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come"

"There is no darkness but ignorance"

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

"The empty vessel makes the loudest sound"

"Parting is such sweet sorrow"

"Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge"

"The attempt and not the deed confounds us"

"Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt"

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

"O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!"

"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt"

"O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!"

"My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy"

"Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue"

"Men's vows are women's traitors!"

"Men shut their doors against a setting sun"

"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"

"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage"

"Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man"

"Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life"

"Let no such man be trusted"

"I was adored once too"

"I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart"

"I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man"

"I say there is no darkness but ignorance"

"I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire"

"I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father"

"How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world"

"Hell is empty and all the devils are here"

"Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent"

"It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions"

"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves"

"If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul"

"He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer"

"He that is giddy thinks the world turns round"

"He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike"

"He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural"

"Having nothing, nothing can he lose"

"God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another"

"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another"

"Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above"

"Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct"

"Desire of having is the sin of covetousness"

"Death is a fearful thing"

Page 2 of 4