Shakespeare's Knowledge... and the lack thereof
"There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently"Much Ado, Act v, Sc.1
"'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss"
Pericles, Act i, Sc.2
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none"
All's Well, Act i, Sc.2
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"
Twelfth N, Act ii, Sc.5
"Ignorance is the curse of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven"
Henry VI, Act iv, Sc.7
"Words without thoughts never to heaven go"
Hamlet, Act iii, Sc.3
"The course of true love never did run smooth"
Mid N Dr, Act i, Sc.1
"They do not love that do not show their love"
Two G of V, Act i, Sc.2
"Love sought is good, but given unsought is better"
Twelfth N, Act iii, Sc.1
"In nature there's no blemish but the mind; none can be called deform'd but the unkind"
Twelfth N, Act iii, Sc.4
"To thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day, thou can'st not then be false to any man"
Hamlet, Act i, Sc.3
"Defend your reputation, or bid farewell to your good life for ever"
M W of W Act iii, Sc.2
"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late"
M W of W, Act ii, Sc.2
| All the world's a stage, |
| And all the men and women merely players: |
| They have their exits and their entrances; 145 |
| And one man in his time plays many parts, |
| His acts being seven ages.
As You Like It II vii |
"But love is blind, and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit"
The Merchant of Venice
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so".
Act II, Scene II Hamlet
"What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals! ".
Act II, Scene II Hamlet
"Can one desire too much of a good thing?".
Act IV, Scene I As you like it
"I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it"
Act II, Scene IV As you like it
"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool".
Act V, Scene I As you like it
"Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe".
Act V, Scene III King Richard III
"Tempt not a desperate man".
Act V, Scene II. Romeo and Juliet
"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose". -
Act I, Scene III Merchant of Venice
"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt". -
Act I, Scene IV Mearsure for Measure
"The miserable have no other medicine but only hope". -
Act III, Scene I Measure for Measure
"Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer". -
Act V, Scene VI Kind Henry IV part III
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come".
Act II, Scene II Julius Caesar
"Everyone can master a grief but he that has it". -
Act III, Scene II Much Ado about Nothing
posted by Becca @ 9:31 PM
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Although he was'nt always compleatly correct in his veiws Shakespear was very profound
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