“Beauty itself doth of itself persuade
The eyes of men without an orator.”
William Shakespeare book The Rape of Lucrece
The Rape of Lucrece (1594).
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@xy, member from Sept. 25, 2023“How use doth breed a habit in a man!”
William Shakespeare The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Valentine, Act V, scene iv.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1590–1)
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
Derived from A Midsummer Night's Dream on p. 269, Aphorisms from Shakespeare (1812), Capel Lofft, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, a book which rewrites in aphoristic form Shakespeare quotations, in this case the exchange between Hermia and Theseus: "I would my father look'd but with my eyes", "Rather your eyes must with his judgment look".
Misattributed
“The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne,
Burnt on the water.”
William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra
Enobarbus, Act II, scene ii.
Antony and Cleopatra (1606)
“When our actions do not, our fears do make us traitors”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
“Love asks me no questions, and gives me endless support.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
“Mend your speech a little, Lest you may mar your fortunes.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
“It is an heretic that makes the fire,
Not she which burns in't.”
William Shakespeare The Winter's Tale
Source: The Winter's Tale
“That truth should be silent I had almost forgot. (Enobarbus)”
William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra
Source: Antony and Cleopatra