Source: Othello
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Source: The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakspeare,: With Notes, Original and Selected, and Introductory Remarks to Each Play,
Source: King John and King Henry VIII
“For oaths are straws, men's faiths are wafer-cakes, And hold-fast is the only dog.”
Source: Hamlet: Revised Edition
Source: Supplement to the Edition of Shakespeare's Plays Published in 1778
“Put on The dauntless spirit of resolution.”
Source: The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators
Source: Cymbeline
Source: Macbeth
“All surfeit is the father of much fast.”
Source: Measure for Measure
“To loathe the taste of sweetness, whereof little more than a little is by much too much.”
“Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savagery aside, have done like offices of pity.”
Source: William Shakespeare
Source: The Works of Shakespeare: Collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected
“To kill, I grant, is sin's extremest gust; But, in defence, by mercy, 'tis most just.”
Source: The plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators
“Love yourself; and in that love not unconsidered leave your honor.”
Source: 1847. Richard III. Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Timon of Athens. Coriolanus
“Men have marble, women waxen, minds.”
Source: The Complete Sonnets and Poems
Source: Titus Andronicus. Romeo and Juliet. Timon of Athens. Julius Caesar. Macbeth. Hamlet. King Lear
Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
“You know that love Will creep in service where it cannot go.”
Source: Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare
“Silence is only commendable In a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible.”
Source: The plays of William Shakespeare: in twenty-one volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, to which are added notes
“Mechanic slaves With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers, shall Uplift us to the view.”
Source: Antony and Cleopatra
“Thou art a slave, whom fortune's tender arm With favour never clasp'd; but bred a dog.”
Source: The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: Cymbeline. Timon of Athens
“There is no slander in an allowed fool, though he do nothing but rail.”
Source: Twelfth Night: Third Series
“Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep.”
Source: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
“The deep of night is crept upon our talk, And Nature must obey necessity.”
“Wisely weigh our sorrow with our comfort.”
Source: Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)
“I will be free, even to the uttermost, as I please, in words.”
Source: The Taming of the Shrew: Second Series
Source: 1847. Richard III. Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Timon of Athens. Coriolanus
Source: The works of William Shakespeare
Source: The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes
“Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast! Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest.”