William Shakespeare Quotes about Giving
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58
I have a kind soul that would give you thanks. And knows not how to do it but with tears.
William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.166, BookCaps Study Guides
'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [460]
Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.
'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 5, sc. 2, l. [282]
William Shakespeare (1834). “School-Shakspeare; Or, Plays and Scenes from Shakspeare ...: With Glossarial Notes, Selected from the Best Annotators”, p.488
Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a sceptre to control the world.
William Shakespeare (1853). “The works of William Shakespeare: comprising his dramatic and poetical works, complete”, p.784
For naught so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give.
1595 Friar Laurence. Romeo andJuliet, act 2, sc.2, l.15-18.
William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.461
William Shakespeare, David Crane (1997). “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, p.13, Cambridge University Press
'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 2, sc. 5, l. 85
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 2, l. 249
1602 Pandarus toTroilus.Troilus and Cressida, act 3, sc.2, l.54.
Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.
1606 Cleopatra. Antony and Cleopatra, act1, sc.3, l.57.
William Shakespeare (1871). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.149
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 202
William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.1548, Oxford University Press
Too much to know is to know nought but fame; And every godfather can give a name.
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1773). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour lost”, p.345
William Shakespeare (1806). “King Henry VI, part 1. King Henry VI, part 2. King Henry VI, part 3. King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Coriolanus. Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra. King Lear. Hamlet. Cymbeline. Timon of Athens. Othello. Romeo and Juliet. Comedy of errors. Titus Andronicus. Pericles”, p.555
When you fear a foe, fear crushes your strength; and this weakness gives strength to your opponents.
William Shakespeare (2008). “Richard III”, p.124, Palgrave Macmillan
