~William Shakespeare's Quotes~

I must be cruel only to be kind;

Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.
William Shakespeare

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

William Shakespeare

I wish you well and so I take my leave,
I Pray you know me when we meet again
William Shakespeare

How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.

William Shakespeare

I am not bound to please thee with my answers.
William Shakespeare



In a false quarrel there is no true valour.
William Shakespeare



In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
William Shakespeare



In time we hate that which we often fear.
William Shakespeare



Glory is like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself,
Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught.
William Shakespeare



Be great in act, as you have been in thought
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Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind,
As man's ingratitude.
William Shakespeare



Action is eloquence.
William Shakespeare



And since you know you cannot see yourself,
so well as by reflection, I, your glass,
will modestly discover to yourself,
that of yourself which you yet know not of.
William Shakespeare



Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
William Shakespeare



His life was gentle; and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up,
And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!
William Shakespeare

I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.

William Shakespeare

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.

William Shakespeare

Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; take honour from me and my life is done.

William Shakespeare

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below.
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

William Shakespeare

Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners.

William Shakespeare

Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.

William Shakespeare

We know what we are, but not what we may be.

William Shakespeare