"Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes."
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William Shakespeare quotes (page 112 of 202)
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"There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass."
"O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!"
"Here comes Monseiur Le Beau. Rosalind: With his mouth full of news. Celia: Which he will put on us, as pigeons feed their young. Rosalind: Then shall we be news-crammed. Celia: All the better; we shall be the more marketable."
"In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond."
"He is well paid that is well satisfied."
"All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoyed."
"I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking."
"Then love-devouring Death do what he dare."
"Death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead!"
"Who riseth from a feast With that keen appetite that he sits down?"
"Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light."
"To be furious, is to be frighted out of fear."
"Therefore the moon, the governess of floods, Pale in her anger washes all the air, That rheumatic diseases do abound; And through this distemperature we see The seasons alter: hoary-headed frosts Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose."
"Waste not thy time in windy argument but let the matter drop."
"Full many a glorious morn I have seen Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy."
"Whatever praises itself but in the deed, devours the deed in the praise."
"Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and sure, dear friends, my thanks are too dear a halfpenny."
"Shall I never see a bachelor of three score again?"
"Well, I must be patient; there is no fettering of authority."