"You have dancing shoes with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead."
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William Shakespeare quotes (page 99 of 202)
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"What early tongue so sweet saluteth me?"
"He that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail."
"she shall scant show well that now shows best."
"And keep you in the rear of your affection, Out of the shot and danger of desire, The chariest maid is prodigal enough If she unmasks her beauty to the moon."
"As you from crimes would pardon'd be, Let your indulgence set me free."
"These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite. Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow."
"It is my soul that calls upon my name; How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night, like softest music to attending ears! -Romeo"
"Oh, God! I have an ill-divining soul!"
"I'll break my staff, bury it certain fathoms in the earth, and deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book!"
"O Judgment ! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason !"
"The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. - Romeo"
"There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple. If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with't"
"You have too much respect upon the world; They lose it that do buy it with much care"
"Can I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out."
"Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving."
"Romeo: Courage, man; the hurt cannot be much. Mercutio: No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve. Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man."
"The time is out of joint."
"Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, And thou art wedded to calamity."
"To mingle friendship far is mingling bloods."