All William Shakespeare Quotes
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
William Shakespeare
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Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!
William Shakespeare
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But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
William Shakespeare
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'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.
William Shakespeare
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Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.
William Shakespeare
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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
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As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.
William Shakespeare
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Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
William Shakespeare
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It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
William Shakespeare
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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
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
William Shakespeare in
Nature
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As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
William Shakespeare in
Love
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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
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