A college of wit-crackers cannot flout me out of my humor. Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram? William Shakespeare More Quotes by William Shakespeare More Quotes From William Shakespeare Base is the slave that pays. William Shakespeare slavery slave pay This world to me is like a lasting storm,Whirring me from my friends. William Shakespeare storm lasting world When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand. William Shakespeare sunset wise fall Robust grass endures mighty winds; loyal ministers emerge through ordeal. William Shakespeare loyal strength wind Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks: Small have continual plodders ever won, Save base authority from others' books. William Shakespeare heaven book looks Against self-slaughter There is a prohibition so divine That cravens my weak hand. William Shakespeare suicide self hands And the more pity that great folk should have count'nance in this world to drown or hang themselves more than their even-Christen. William Shakespeare suicide should-have world Coal-black is better than another hue In that it scorns to bear another hue; For all the water in the ocean Can never turn the swan's black legs to white, Although she lave them hourly in the flood. William Shakespeare swans ocean white Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires. William Shakespeare appliances temperance disease Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace. Leave gormandizing. William Shakespeare temperance body grace Great men should drink with harness on their throats. William Shakespeare harness drink men Do not give dalliance too much rein; the strongest oaths are straw to the fire in the blood. William Shakespeare fire giving blood In limited professions there's boundless theft. William Shakespeare theft boundless profession I cannot, nor I will not hold me still; My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will. William Shakespeare tongue hold-me heart To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master And cried, 'All hail!' when as he meant all harm. William Shakespeare hail harm masters Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose, Working so grossly in a natural cause That admiration did not whoop at them; But thou, 'gainst all proportion, didst bring in Wonder to wait on treason and on murder; And whatsoever cunning fiend it was That wrought upon thee so preposterously Hath got the voice in hell for excellence. William Shakespeare voice waiting two Supposition all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes; For treason is but trusted like the fox, Who, ne'er so tame, so cherished and locked up, Will have a wild trick of his ancestors. William Shakespeare tricks eye foxes Know my name is lost, By treason's tooth bare-gnawn and canker-bit; Yet am I noble as the adversary I come to cope. William Shakespeare teeth noble names Who has a book of all that monarchs do, He's more secure to keep it shut than shown; For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind, Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself; And yet the end of all is bought thus dear, The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear To stop the air would hurt them. William Shakespeare eye hurt book And either victory, or else a grave. William Shakespeare graves victory
