“That which I would discover The law of friendship bids me to conceal.”
Source: The Comedies of William Shakespeare: Edited with Introductions and Notes ... by J. O. Halliwell, Esq. Reprinted from the American Edition
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Famous William Shakespeare Quotes
Source: Henry VI, Part One
“Death makes no conquest of this conqueror: For now he lives in fame, though not in life.”
Source: Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible Passages, Illustrative of the Various Passions, Affections and Emotions of the Human Mind
“Well-apparel'd April on the heel Of limping Winter treads.”
Source: The Works of William Shakspeare...: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentic Copies, and Revised, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators
“Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty.”
“There lives within the very flame of love A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it.”
Source: Hamlet
“Come, woo me, woo me, for now I am in a holiday humor, and like enough to consent.”
Source: Tempest
“Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.”
Source: The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare
“Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary.”
Source: King Richard III: Third Series
Source: The New Shaksperian Dictionary of Quotations: (With Marginal Classification and Reference.)
“Were kisses all the joys in bed, One woman would another wed.”
Source: The Poems of Willm Shakspere
“I understand thy kisses, and thou mine, And that's a feeling disputation.”
“O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint.”
“There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old.”
“Upon his royal face there is no note how dread an army hath enrounded him.”
Source: Henry V
“Here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it.”
Source: The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes
“To whom God will, there be the victory.”
Source: The Plays of William Shakspeare
“I'll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hacked.”
Source: Shakespeare's plays, abridged and revised for the use of girls by R. Baughan. Book 1, containing the tragedies and historical plays
“Come the three corners of the world in arms, and we shall shock them.”
“A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers.”
“Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft let by the nose with gold.”
“A grandma's name is little less in love than is the doting title of a mother.”
Source: The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, from the Text of Johnson, Stevens and Reed. With Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius and Writings, by N. Rowe
“Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, Shall win my love.”
Source: The Plays of William Shakespeare in Eight Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are Added Notes by Sam Johnson
“And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd”
Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
“We cannot fight for love, as men may do; we shou'd be woo'd, and were not made to woo”
Source: The works of Shakespear [ed. by H. Blair], in which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton and Dodd are pointed out, together with the author's life; a glossary [&c.].
“So far be distant; and good night, sweet friend: thy love ne'er alter, till they sweet life end”
Source: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
“Say, thou art mine; and ever, My love, as it begins, shall so persevere”
Source: The Works of Shakespeare: Collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected
“Hereafter, in a better world than this, I shall desire more love and knowledge of you”
“Love, which teacheth me that thou and I am one”
Source: The works of Shakespeare in seven volumes
“I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say - I love you”
Source: The Plays of William Shakespeare. In Ten Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are Added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. With an Appendix..
“I love you more than word can wield the matter, Dearer than eye-sight, space and liberty”
Source: The plays of William Shakespeare
“By Heaven, my soul is purg'd from grudging hate; And with my hand I seal my true heart's love”
Source: The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed with Glossarial Notes, Life &c. : in Four Volumes
“What? do I love her, that I desire to hear her speak again, and feast upon her eyes”
Source: Making Sense of Measure for Measure! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelli
“Oh, injurious love, that respites me a life, whose very comfort is still a dying horror”
Source: The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators
“I have pursued her, as love hath pursued me”
Source: The Merry Wives of Windsor