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When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.

When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.

William Shakespeare
Marriage, Thinking, Married
'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 2, sc. 3, l. [262]

Not proud you have, but thankful that you have. Proud can I never be of what I hate, but thankful even for hate that is meant love.

William Shakespeare
Hate, Proud, Juliet
William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.205, Classic Books Company

For I am fresh of spirit, and resolved To meet all perils very constantly.

William Shakespeare
Spirit, Resolution, Peril
"The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Julius Cæser. Antony and Cleopatra. Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus. Pericles".

For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know.

William Shakespeare
Men, Blood, Boredom
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [225]

We that are true lovers run into strange capers.

William Shakespeare
Love, Running, Strange
'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 4, l. [53]

Good wombs have borne bad sons." -- (Miranda, I:2)

William Shakespeare
Son, Tempest, Womb

Their savage eyes turned to a modest gaze by the sweet power of music.

William Shakespeare
Sweet, Inspiration, Eye
William Shakespeare (2001). “The Merchant of Venice: The Applause Shakespeare Library”, p.152, Hal Leonard Corporation

[Marriage is] a world-without-end bargain.

William Shakespeare
World, Ends, Bargains
William Shakespeare (2012). “Shakespeare: A Book of Quotations”, p.36, Courier Corporation

This is the very ecstasy of love.

William Shakespeare
Love, Important Hamlet, Polonius
'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 1, l. 101

Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think of it.

William Shakespeare
Greatness, Thinking, Coke

What fates impose, that men must needs abide; it boots not to resist both wind and tide.

William Shakespeare
Fate, Men, Wind
1592 Edward. Henry VI PartThree, act 4, sc.4, l.31-2.

Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well.

William Shakespeare
Perfection, Mars, Strive
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1785). “The Plays of William Shakspeare ...”, p.436

April ... hath put a spirit of youth in everything.

William Shakespeare
Nature, Spring, Garden
Sonnet 98

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

William Shakespeare
Ambition, Stuff, Ides Of March
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [97]

in black ink my love may still shine bright.

William Shakespeare
Shine Bright, Shining, Black
1609 Sonnets, sonnet 65.

Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.

William Shakespeare
Thanksgiving, Cheer, Memorable
William Shakespeare, Charles Symmons, John Payne Collier (1837). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare”, p.131

Like madness, is the glory of this life.

William Shakespeare
Madness, Glory
"The Works of Shakespear: In Eight Volumes".

Though music oft hath such a charm to make bad good, and good provoke to harm.

William Shakespeare
Charm, Harm, Provoking
'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 4, sc. 1, l. 16

Shine out fair sun, till I have bought a glass, That I may see my shadow as I pass.

William Shakespeare
Vanity, Glasses, Shining
William Shakespeare, Janis Lull (2009). “King Richard III”, p.81, Cambridge University Press

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

William Shakespeare
Memorable, Sin, Mercy
'Timon Of Athens' act 3, sc. 5, l. 3

Tongues I'll hang on every tree That shall civil sayings show. . . .

William Shakespeare
Tree, Tongue, Shows
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell (1821). “Poems and Plays”, p.424

At this hour Lie at my mercy all mine enemies.

William Shakespeare
Revenge, Lying, Enemy
William Shakespeare, Barry Cornwall, John Ogden, Richard H. Horne (1843). “The Works of Shakspere”, p.30

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

William Shakespeare
Fake People, Art, Science
'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 4, l. 7

The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to.

William Shakespeare
Sweat, Dry, Ends
William Shakespeare (1872). “Shakespeare's tragedy of Cymbeline, with notes critical and explanatory by J. Hunter”, p.81

Bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible.

William Shakespeare
Running, Impossible, Strive
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.45

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