William Shakespeare Quotes (211 quotes)

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„The attempt and not the deed confounds us.“
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„He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.“
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„'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.“
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„Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!“
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„For I can raise no money by vile means.“
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„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.“
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„It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.“
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„Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.“
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„Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?“
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„O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!“
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„Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.“
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„What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.“
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„'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.“
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„He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.“
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„Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.“
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„Men's vows are women's traitors!“
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„Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?“
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„The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.“
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„As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.“
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„Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.“

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Author information

William Shakespeare
Author born: April 26, 1564
Author died: April 23, 1616
Nationality: English
Author Profession: Dramatist

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