"Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream—For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause, there's the respect, That makes calamity of so long life"
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William Shakespeare quotes (page 54 of 202)
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"I will be brief. Your noble son is mad."
"Sigh no more ladies, sigh no more, men were deceivers ever"
"When holy and devout religious men are at their beads, 'tis hard to draw them thence; so sweet is zealous contemplation."
"I am bewitched with the rogue's company. If the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love him, I'll be hanged."
"Tis ever common That men are merriest when they are from home."
"Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires."
"This world to me is like a lasting storm,Whirring me from my friends."
"Now I am past all comforts here, but prayer."
"Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted."
"The cunning livery of hell."
"In maiden meditation, fancy free."
"He must needs go that the devil drives."
"I do know when the blood burns, how prodigal the soul lends the tongue vows."
"Watch tonight, pray tomorrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of good fellowship come to you!"
"I will speak daggers to her, but use none."
"Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven."
"Ships are but boards, sailors but men; there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves, I mean pirates, and thenthere is the peril of waters, winds, and rocks."
"You are an alchemist; make gold of that."
"Out, you tallow-face! You baggage!"