Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.
- William Shakespeare
Good Night, Dating, Parting, Say
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
- William Shakespeare
God, Face, Given, Yourself
Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
- William Shakespeare
Words, Doing, Kind, Deeds
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
- William Shakespeare
Loves, Flatterer, Flattered, Worthy
When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.
- William Shakespeare
Born, Stage, Come, Cry
I am not bound to please thee with my answer.
- William Shakespeare
I Am, Bound, Thee, Answer
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
- William Shakespeare
Old, Come, Mirth, Wrinkles
We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.
- William Shakespeare
Time, Gone, Bids, Subjects
A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.
- William Shakespeare
Nature, Peace, Then, Both Parties
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
- William Shakespeare
Good, How Far, Shines, Throws
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
- William Shakespeare
Wise, Fool, Himself, Knows
And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!
- William Shakespeare
Die, Living, Torment, Deadly
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
- William Shakespeare
Voice, Give, Thy, Ear
An overflow of good converts to bad.
- William Shakespeare
Good, Bad, Overflow, Converts
If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
- William Shakespeare
Revenge, Die, Poison, Bleed
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
- William Shakespeare
Outside, Goodly, Hath, Falsehood
Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
- William Shakespeare
Adversity, Precious, Which, Uses
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
- William Shakespeare
Love, Mind, Looks, Winged
This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
- William Shakespeare
Life, Shadow, Been, Fury
There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.
- William Shakespeare
Tide, Miseries, Afloat, Flood
Farewell, fair cruelty.
- William Shakespeare
Fair, Cruelty, Farewell
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.
- William Shakespeare
Precious, More, Far, Dear
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
- William Shakespeare
How, Sharper, Than, Thankless
Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!
- William Shakespeare
Woman, Alas, Friendless, Hopeless
Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.
- William Shakespeare
Give, Robe, Immortal, Give Me
The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.
- William Shakespeare
Moved, Concord, Nor, Spoils
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
- William Shakespeare
Lose, Doubts, Might, Oft
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
- William Shakespeare
Men, Bones, Lives, Oft
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
- William Shakespeare
Lost, Idle, Most, Oft
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!
- William Shakespeare
Deeds, How, Means, Oft
Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love.
- William Shakespeare
Love, Valentine's Day, Move, Liar
Now is the winter of our discontent.
- William Shakespeare
Winter, Now, Our, Discontent
Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?
- William Shakespeare
Love, Courage, Known, Refrain
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.
- William Shakespeare
Nature, Men, Eat, Great Ones
My pride fell with my fortunes.
- William Shakespeare
Money, Pride, Fell, Fortunes
Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.
- William Shakespeare
Mind, Speech, Lest, Fortunes
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.
- William Shakespeare
Easy, Been, Had, Churches
I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.
- William Shakespeare
Death, Better, Rust, Eaten
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.
- William Shakespeare
Smiles, Thief, Steals, Robbed
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
- William Shakespeare
Fool, Better, Wit, Foolish
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.
- William Shakespeare
Work, Reason, Like, Apprehension
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
- William Shakespeare
Sound, Loudest, Makes, Vessel
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.
- William Shakespeare
Love, Finds, Alteration, Love Is
There's not a note of mine that's worth the noting.
- William Shakespeare
Worth, Note, Mine, Noting
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
- William Shakespeare
Patience, How, Ever, Heal
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
- William Shakespeare
Night, Be True, Own, Thou
Thou know'st the first time that we smell the air we wawl and cry. When we are born we cry, that we are come to this great state of fools.
- William Shakespeare
Born, Come, Air, Thou
O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
- William Shakespeare
Spirit, Devil, Thee, Thou
Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.
- William Shakespeare
Contempt, Lip, Thy, Scorn
Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?
- William Shakespeare
Should, Use, His, Whipping
Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!
- William Shakespeare
How, Vice, Subject, Old Men
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
- William Shakespeare
Money, Nor, Lender, Borrower
Men shut their doors against a setting sun.
- William Shakespeare
Doors, Against, Shut, Setting Sun
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
- William Shakespeare
Nature, Haunt, Our, Tongues
'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.
- William Shakespeare
More, Than, Weigh, Mighty
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
- William Shakespeare
Forgiveness, Badge, Nobility, Mercy
He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.
- William Shakespeare
World, Round, Thinks, Giddy
O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.
- William Shakespeare
Ascend, Would, Brightest, Invention
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
Women, Sky, May, Maids
Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.
- William Shakespeare
Want, Nothing, Them, Maids
Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
- William Shakespeare
Law, Lawless, Make, Wills
'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.
- William Shakespeare
Help, Them, Feeble, Tis
'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
- William Shakespeare
Fall, Another, One Thing, Tis
'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.
- William Shakespeare
Fly, Better, Than, Tis
Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.
- William Shakespeare
Slow, Fast, Stumble, Wisely
Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
- William Shakespeare
Knowledge, Ignorance, Fly, Wing
There are many events in the womb of time, which will be delivered.
- William Shakespeare
Will, Which, Delivered, Womb
I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.
- William Shakespeare
See, More, Than, Apparel
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
- William Shakespeare
Waste, Wasted, Doth, Wasted Time
O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!
- William Shakespeare
Hide, May, Side, Outward
Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.
- William Shakespeare
Go, Knock, Doth, Bosom
If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.
- William Shakespeare
Grow, Which, Unto, Grain
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
- William Shakespeare
Sympathy, Single, Come, Spies
Boldness be my friend.
- William Shakespeare
Courage, Friend, My Friend, Boldness
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
- William Shakespeare
Fortune, Some, Brings, Boats
We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from... Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.
- William Shakespeare
Seed, Which, We Cannot, Formed
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.
- William Shakespeare
Vain, Seldom, Spent, Scarce
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
- William Shakespeare
Mind, Guilty, Always, Haunts
God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.
- William Shakespeare
Face, Another, Given, God Hath
For I can raise no money by vile means.
- William Shakespeare
Money, Means, Raise, Vile
Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.
- William Shakespeare
Faith, Light, Praised, Despair
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.
- William Shakespeare
Well, Themselves, Things, Exempt
Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.
- William Shakespeare
New Year's, Shall, Gentlemen, Unkindness
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
- William Shakespeare
Nature, World, Makes, Kin
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
- William Shakespeare
Great, Greatness, Some, Thrust
The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.
- William Shakespeare
World, Avoid, Cost, Encounter
Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time.
- William Shakespeare
Nature, Her, Fellows, Framed
Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.
- William Shakespeare
Nothing, Where, Being, Together
Brevity is the soul of wit.
- William Shakespeare
Communication, Soul, Wit, Brevity
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.
- William Shakespeare
Heat, Yourself, Furnace, Foe
I bear a charmed life.
- William Shakespeare
Life, Bear, Charmed
Love is too young to know what conscience is.
- William Shakespeare
Love, Young, Too, Love Is
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.
- William Shakespeare
Love, Smoke, Made, Love Is
Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?
- William Shakespeare
Performance, Desire, Should, Outlive
Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.
- William Shakespeare
Peace, Mountains, Firm, Rocky Mountains
The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.
- William Shakespeare
Death, Which, Pinch, Stroke
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
- William Shakespeare
Time, Players, Plays, Entrance
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
- William Shakespeare
Head, Lies, Wears, Uneasy
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
- William Shakespeare
Purpose, Devil, His, Scripture
He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.
- William Shakespeare
Watch, Wit, His, Winding
In a false quarrel there is no true valor.
- William Shakespeare
True, False, Valor, Quarrel
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
- William Shakespeare
Fall, Sin, Some, Rise
What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.
- William Shakespeare
Enemy, Mankind, Devil, Defy
Let no such man be trusted.
- William Shakespeare
Trust, Man, Trusted
As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.
- William Shakespeare
Flies, Gods, Sport, Wanton
O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!
- William Shakespeare
Weary, How, Seem, Stale
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
- William Shakespeare
Love, Snow, Quench, Kindle
It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions.
- William Shakespeare
Stars, Govern, Above, Conditions
The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
- William Shakespeare
Us, Attempt, Deed
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
- William Shakespeare
Adversity, Wise, Thee, Wisest
The course of true love never did run smooth.
- William Shakespeare
Love, True, Never, Smooth
What's done can't be undone.
- William Shakespeare
Done, Undone
So foul and fair a day I have not seen.
- William Shakespeare
Day, Fair, Seen, Foul
Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.
- William Shakespeare
Marriage, Bad, Prevents, Hanging
Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
- William Shakespeare
Tedious, Ear, Tale, Dull
I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.
- William Shakespeare
Lesson, Effect, Shall, Keeps
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
- William Shakespeare
Wise, Doubt, Modest, Beacon
If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.
- William Shakespeare
Die, Country, Marked, Greater
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
- William Shakespeare
Death, Die, Never, Valiant
The valiant never taste of death but once.
- William Shakespeare
Death, Never, Once, Valiant
As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.
- William Shakespeare
Ambitious, He, Honour, Valiant
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
- William Shakespeare
Bold, Never, Virtue, Fearful
Death is a fearful thing.
- William Shakespeare
Death, Thing, Fearful
The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.
- William Shakespeare
Country, Traveler, Whose, Returns
Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.
- William Shakespeare
Desire, Sin, Having, Covetousness
We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.
- William Shakespeare
Dreams, Sleep, Made, Rounded
A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.
- William Shakespeare
Loves, Cannot, His, Meat
Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.
- William Shakespeare
Faith, Been, Flattered, Hath
Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.
- William Shakespeare
Will, More, Hang, Hath
They say miracles are past.
- William Shakespeare
Past, Miracles, Say, They Say
It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.
- William Shakespeare
Will, Blood, Say, They Say
There's many a man has more hair than wit.
- William Shakespeare
Hair, More, Than, Wit
I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.
- William Shakespeare
Mind, Villain, Like, Not Fair
The love of heaven makes one heavenly.
- William Shakespeare
Love, Faith, Makes, Heaven
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
- William Shakespeare
Thoughts, Words, Never, Heaven
O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!
- William Shakespeare
Temper, Mad, Would, Heaven
Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.
- William Shakespeare
Praise, Prove, Allow, Tasted
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
- William Shakespeare
Love, Trust, Few, Wrong
Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.
- William Shakespeare
Wish, Either, Fathers, Wrong
To do a great right do a little wrong.
- William Shakespeare
Great, Right, Little, Wrong
Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.
- William Shakespeare
Loving, Most, Doth, Temptation
I give unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture.
- William Shakespeare
Give, Bed, Unto, Furniture
O, had I but followed the arts!
- William Shakespeare
Arts, Had, Followed
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
- William Shakespeare
Face, Hide, False, Doth
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
- William Shakespeare
Lady, Protest, Too, Doth
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
- William Shakespeare
Fault, Oftentimes, Excuse, Doth
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.
- William Shakespeare
Living, Will, May, Daughter
Men's vows are women's traitors!
- William Shakespeare
Women, Men, Traitors, Vows
Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
- William Shakespeare
Time, Waves, Like, Hasten
To be, or not to be, that is the question.
- William Shakespeare
Question, To Be Or Not To Be
Listen to many, speak to a few.
- William Shakespeare
Speak, Listen, Many, Few
I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too!
- William Shakespeare
Fool, Rather, Too, Merry
By that sin fell the angels.
- William Shakespeare
Sin, Fell, Angels
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
- William Shakespeare
Time, Better, Hours, Minute
Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.
- William Shakespeare
Virtue, Itself, Strokes
There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.
- William Shakespeare
Art, Mind, Face, Construction
He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural.
- William Shakespeare
Better, Natural, Does, Grace
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
- William Shakespeare
Other, Call, Which, Rose
My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.
- William Shakespeare
Enjoy, Content, Seldom, Kings
The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.
- William Shakespeare
Thief, Show, Steal, Company
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
- William Shakespeare
Shadow, Very, Ambitious, Merely
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.
- William Shakespeare
Imagination, Lover, Lunatic, Poet
The wheel is come full circle.
- William Shakespeare
Wheel, Come, Full, Circle
Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.
- William Shakespeare
Trust, Eye, Itself, Negotiate
But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.
- William Shakespeare
Most, Offending, Honour, Sin
If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.
- William Shakespeare
I Am, Most, Offending, Sin
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
- William Shakespeare
Short, Pleasure, Hours, Action
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
- William Shakespeare
Word, Suit, Action
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
- William Shakespeare
Thoughts, Give, Thy, Tongue
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
- William Shakespeare
Made, Should, Stuff, Ambition
Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.
- William Shakespeare
Heart, Words, Matter, Mere
Speak low, if you speak love.
- William Shakespeare
Love, You, Low, Speak
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
- William Shakespeare
Love, Relationship, Better, Sought
I must be cruel, only to be kind.
- William Shakespeare
Be Kind, Kind, Only, Cruel
But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
- William Shakespeare
Happiness, Through, How, Bitter
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
- William Shakespeare
Hell, Devils, Here, Hell Is
I will praise any man that will praise me.
- William Shakespeare
Man, Me, Will, Praise
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.
- William Shakespeare
Enough, Rich, Poor, Content
Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.
- William Shakespeare
Soul, Joy, Doing, Won
This above all; to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
Be True, True, Own, Above
Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.
- William Shakespeare
Might, Gods, Dwells, Above
I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.
- William Shakespeare
Play, Part, Mine, Every Man
There's place and means for every man alive.
- William Shakespeare
Place, Alive, Means, Every Man
There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.
- William Shakespeare
Men, Loved, Been, Flattered
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.
- William Shakespeare
Good, Bad, Either, Thinking
For my part, it was Greek to me.
- William Shakespeare
Me, Part, Greek
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
- William Shakespeare
Truth, Honesty, Legacy, Rich
I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.
- William Shakespeare
Think, Never, See, Face
If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.
- William Shakespeare
Tears, Prepare, Now, Shed
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
- William Shakespeare
Future, Destiny, Our, Stars
In time we hate that which we often fear.
- William Shakespeare
Time, Often, Which, Hate
Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.
- William Shakespeare
Woman, She, Fortune, Gear
Time and the hour run through the roughest day.
- William Shakespeare
Time, Through, Hour, Run
No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.
- William Shakespeare
Patience, Will, Nothing, Pattern
There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.
- William Shakespeare
Woman, She, Never, Glass
How well he's read, to reason against reading!
- William Shakespeare
Reason, How, Read, Against
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
- William Shakespeare
Inspirational, May, Know
Women may fall when there's no strength in men.
- William Shakespeare
Strength, Men, May, Fall
Such as we are made of, such we be.
- William Shakespeare
Made
I was adored once too.
- William Shakespeare
Love, Too, Adored, Once
They do not love that do not show their love.
- William Shakespeare
Love, Relationship, Show
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
- William Shakespeare
Best, Men, Sometimes, Forget
What is past is prologue.
- William Shakespeare
Past
There is no darkness but ignorance.
- William Shakespeare
Darkness, Ignorance
I say there is no darkness but ignorance.
- William Shakespeare
Darkness, Say, Ignorance
Having nothing, nothing can he lose.
- William Shakespeare
Nothing, He, Having, Lose
I dote on his very absence.
- William Shakespeare
Very, His, Absence
If music be the food of love, play on.
- William Shakespeare
Love, Music, Food, Play
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