O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality. William Shakespeare More Quotes by William Shakespeare More Quotes From William Shakespeare My love is strengthen'd, though more weak in seeming; I love not less, though less the show appear: That love is merchandised whose rich esteeming The owner's tongue doth publish every where. William Shakespeare tonguerichlove A lean cheek; which you have not: a blue eye, and sunken; which you have not: an unquestionable spirit; which you have not: a beard neglected; which you have not: — but I pardon you for that; for, simply, your having1 in beard is a younger brother's revenue: — Then your hose should be ungarter'd, your bonnet unhanded, your sleeve unbuttoned, your shoe untied, and every thing about you demonstrating a careless desolation. William Shakespeare shoeseyelove-you O wretched state! O bosom black as death! O limed soul that, struggling to be free, art more engaged! Help, angels! Make assay! Bow, stubborn knees! and, heart with strings of steel, be soft as sinews of the new-born babe! William Shakespeare angelstruggleart Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, did my heart fly at your service William Shakespeare soulheartlove If thou engrossest all the griefs are thine, Thou robb'st me of a moiety. William Shakespeare griefifs They met so near with their lips that their breaths embraced together. William Shakespeare lipsmetstogether To you your father should be as a god; William Shakespeare dadformfather Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy and say 'Father, as it please me. William Shakespeare please-mecousinfather Flout 'em, and scout 'em; and scout 'em, and flout 'em; / Thought is free. William Shakespeare emsthinking No doubt they rose up early to observe the rite of May; and, hearing our intent, Came here in grace of our solemnity. William Shakespeare up-earlyroseinspirational Thine eyes I love, and they as pitying me, Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain, Have put on black, and loving mourners be, Looking with pretty ruth upon my pain. William Shakespeare sadpainheart Heaven give you many, many merry days. William Shakespeare anniversarygivingheaven Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white William Shakespeare whitesweetbeauty He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is stabbing. William Shakespeare deceitsoldierlying England is safe, if true within itself. William Shakespeare englandifssafe O, that this too too solid flesh would melt Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, (135) Seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on't! ah fie! 'tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely. That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: (140) So excellent a king; that was, to this. William Shakespeare gardenkingstwo They love least that let men know their loves. William Shakespeare lovefriendshipmen Until I know this sure uncertainty, I'll entertain the offered fallacy. William Shakespeare uncertaintyfallacyknows Lay aside life-harming heaviness, And entertain a cheerful disposition. William Shakespeare dispositioncheerfullife In religion, What damned error but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? William Shakespeare ornamentsatheismerrors
