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Letter "W" » William Shakespeare Quotes
«Mud not the fountain that gave drink to thee.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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fountain, gave, mud, Thee, The Fountain
«Haply I think on thee, and then my state,Like to the lark at break of day arisingFrom sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;For thy sweet love remembered such wealth bringsThat then I scorn to change my state with kings.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
arising, break of day, gate, haply, hymn, hymns, lark, larks, My state, remembered, scorn, sings, state change, sullen, The Larks
«This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings,Feared by their breed and famous by their birth.»
«A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!»
«The devil can site scripture for his own purpose! An evil soul producing holy witness is like a villain with a smiling cheek. [Merchant Of Venice]»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
cheek, Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures, merchant, producing, scripture, site, sites, smiling, Venice, villain, witness
«He reads much;He is a great observer, and he looksQuite through the deeds of men.»
«The rarer action isIn virtue than in vengeance.»
«Why does my blood thus muster to my heart,Making both it unable for itself,And dispossessing all my other partsOf necessary fitness?»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
dispossess, dispossessed, dispossessing, muster, musters, muster up
«Was ever book containing such vile matterSo fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwellIn such a gorgeous palace!»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
bound, containing, deceit, deceits, dwell, fairly, gorgeous, palace, vile, viler, vilest
«Forty thousand brothersCould not, with all their quantity of love,Make up my sum.»
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