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Letter "W" » William Shakespeare Quotes
«Listen to many, speak to a few.»
«The love of heaven makes one heavenly.»
«When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Words
| Keywords:
in vain, scarce
«I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one»
«Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
contempt, kissing, lady, lip, scorn
«'Tis best to weigh The enemy more mighty than he seems»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
mighty, The Enemy, Tis, weigh, weighing
«And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.»
«There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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affairs, afloat, bound, clouds, current, flood, flood tide, folded, folding, fold up, man of affairs, miseries, omit, omits, omitted, omitting, shallows, The Clouds, The Current, The Flood, tide, voyage
«Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Prudence
| Keywords:
fast, slow, stumble, wisely
«Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.»
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