“ You common cry of curs! whose breath I hateAs reek o' the rotten fens, whose loves I prizeAs the dead carcasses of unburied menThat do corrupt my air, I banish you;And here remain with your uncertaint… William Shakespeare
“ To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? T… William Shakespeare
“ This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. William Shakespeare
“ Sweet are the uses of adversity,Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;And this our life, exempt from public haunt,Finds tongues in trees, books in the running… William Shakespeare
“ Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care,The death of each day's life, sore labor's bath,Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,Chief nourisher in life's feast. William Shakespeare
“ Sin, death, and hell have set their marks on him,And all their ministers attend on him. William Shakespeare
“ She refuses to be hit with Cupid's arrow. Shielded by the armor of chastity, she can't be charmed by words of love. She won't be assaulted by loving eyes, and she won't accept gifts of gold. William Shakespeare
“ One fire burns out another's burning,One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish. William Shakespeare
“ Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove.O no, it is an ever-fixed markThat looks on tempests and is never shaken;It is the star to every wand'ring bar… William Shakespeare
“ Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is! (Act 1, scene 1) William Shakespeare
“ Let me play the lion too: I will roar that I will do any man's heart good to hear me. I will roar that I will make the duke say 'Let him roar again, let him roar again. William Shakespeare
“ Laurence Olivier begins his 1948 film adaptation of Hamlet with a voice-over stating, This is the tragedy of a man who could not make up his mind. Such a reading of the play, even when more elegantly… William Shakespeare
“ It is not, nor it cannot, come to good, But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue. William Shakespeare
“ If there were a sympathy in choice,War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it,Making it momentary as a sound,Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,Brief as the lightning in the collied nightThat, in… William Shakespeare