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“He that is thy friend indeed,
He will help thee in thy need:
If thou sorrow, he will weep;
If thou wake, he cannot sleep:
Thus of every grief in heart
He with thee doth bear a part.
These are certain signs to know
Faithful friend from flattering foe.”

William Shakespeare book The Passionate Pilgrim

Source: The Passionate Pilgrim

“Exit, pursued by a bear.”

William Shakespeare The Winter's Tale

Source: The Winter's Tale

“Men in rage strike those that wish them best.”

William Shakespeare Othello

Source: Othello

“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.”

William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream

Source: A Midsummer Night's Dream

“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”

William Shakespeare Hamlet

Source: Hamlet

“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.”

William Shakespeare book Much Ado About Nothing

Hero, Act III, scene i.
Source: Much Ado About Nothing (1598)

“Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.”

William Shakespeare Macbeth

Variant: The grief that does not speak whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break.
Source: Macbeth

“The breaking of so great a thing should make
A greater crack: the round world
Should have shook lions into civil streets,
And citizens to their dens.”

William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra

Source: Antony and Cleopatra

“Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.”

William Shakespeare Richard III

Source: Richard III

“The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.”

William Shakespeare Henry V

Source: Henry V, No Fear, Act 4 Scene 4

“The moon shines bright. In such a night as this. When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees and they did make no noise, in such a night…”

William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice

Source: The Merchant of Venice

“Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful”

William Shakespeare

“I have supped full with horrors.”

William Shakespeare Macbeth

Source: Macbeth

“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet.”

William Shakespeare book Romeo and Juliet

Source: Romeo and Juliet

“There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out.”

William Shakespeare Henry V

Source: Henry V

“I have Immortal longings in me.”

William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra

Variant: Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me
Source: Antony and Cleopatra

“Be bloody bold and resolute.”

William Shakespeare Macbeth

Source: Macbeth

“In thy foul throat thou liest.”

William Shakespeare Richard III

Source: Richard III

“And to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in
a merry hour.
BEATRICE
No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there
was a star danced, and under that was I born.”

William Shakespeare