Home / Quotes / Quote by William Shakespeare

Quote by William Shakespeare

“I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks.”

Quote by William Shakespeare

Book:As You Like it

Work

As You Like It is a renowned play by William Shakespeare, renowned for its witty dialogue and exploration of various themes including love, disguise, and the complexities of social hierarchy. The story unfolds in the Forest of Arden, where characters escape from the constraints of their lives to seek freedom and happiness. The play is celebrated for its poetic language and its portrayal of the human condition. more

Author

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564 - April 23, 1616) was one of the greatest poets of the English Renaissance, renowned for his dramatic works. His plays spanned a variety of genres, including tragedy, comedy, and history, and have had a profound impact on literature worldwide. more

You May Also Like

“Yet nor the lays of birds nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue Could make me any summer's story tell, Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew; Nor did I wonder at the lily's white, Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose; They were but sweet, but figures of delight, Drawn after you, you pattern of all those.”

Source: The Globe Edition. The Works of William Shakespeare, Edited by W. G. Clark and W. Aldis Wright

“The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair: The roses fearfully on thorns did stand, One blushing shame, another white despair; A third, nor red nor white, had stol'n of both And to his robbery had annex'd thy breath; But, for his theft, in pride of all his growth A vengeful canker eat him up to death. More flowers I noted, yet I none could see But sweet or colour it had stol'n from thee.”

Hands Growth White Sweet Flower Hair Pride Despair Red Thirds Breaths Shame Rose Thee Colour Theft Thorns Bud Lilies Robbery Blushing Vengeful

Book:The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems

Source: The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems

“His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise.”

Eye Lying Water Sweet Flower Spring Arise Golden Mary Bud Larks Winking Golden Eye

Author:William Shakespeare

“The tempter or the tempted, who sins most? Ha! Not she: nor doth she tempt: but it is I That, lying by the violet in the sun, Do as the carrion does, not as the flower, Corrupt with virtuous season.”

Doe Lying Sin Sun Flower Seasons Virtuous Tempted Violet Carrion

Book:Measure for Measure

Source: Measure for Measure

“There is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream; There with fantastic garlands did she come Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, But our cold maids do dead men's fingers call them: There, on the pendent boughs her coronet weeds Clambering to hang, an envious sliver broke; When down her weedy trophies and herself Fell in the weeping brook.”

“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”

“Lay her i' the earth: And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest, A ministering angel shall my sister be, When thou liest howling. HAMLET. What, the fair Ophelia! QUEEN GERTRUDE. Sweets to the sweet: farewell!”

May Earth Sweet Flower Spring Angel Fairs Lays Flesh Thee Queens Priests My Sister Farewell Violet Ophelia Gertrude

Author:William Shakespeare

“'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.”

Sleep Lord Dangerous Danger Flower Fool Cold Drink Safety Pluck Nettles

Book:Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)

Source: Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)

“He was met even now As mad as the vex'd sea; singing aloud; Crown'd with rank fumiter and furrow-weeds, With bur-docks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers, Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow In our sustaining corn.”

Grows Sea Flower Mets Singing Mad Weed Crowns Idle Corn Sustaining Cuckoos Docks Vex Nettles Hemlock

Book:The works of William Shakespeare

Source: The works of William Shakespeare

“To me, it is very important to have perfume in which it is hard to recognize a particular flower or scent. That gives a touch of mystery.”

Giving Important Hard Mystery Particular Flower Scent Perfume

Author:Isabella Rossellini