Nought’s had, all’s spent, When our desire is got without content: ‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Thriftless ambition…”
Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up Thine own life’s means! William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Shake off this downy sleep…”
Shake off this downy sleep, death’s counterfeit, And look on death itself! William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Mock the time with fairest show…”
Mock the time with fairest show: False face must hide what the false heart doth know. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “We still have judgment here…”
We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor: this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison’d chalice To our own lips. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “If good, why do I yield to that suggestion…”
If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature? Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings: My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man, that function Is smother’d in surmise, and nothing […]
William Shakespeare Quote – “Be absolute with death…”
Be absolute with death. Either death or life Shall thereby be the sweeter. Reason thus with life: If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Merely, thou art death’s fool…”
Merely, thou art death’s fool, For him thou labor’st by thy flight to shun, And yet run’st toward him still. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “How would you be…?”
How would you be If He, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? Oh, think on that, And mercy then will breathe within your lips Like man new mad. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “But come what may, I do adore thee so…”
But come what may, I do adore thee so That danger shall seem sport, and I will go! William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)