The attempt and not the deed confounds us. William Shakespeare More Quotes by William Shakespeare More Quotes From William Shakespeare Too early seen unknown, and known too late! William Shakespeare known late O, here Will I set up my everlasting rest, And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death! William Shakespeare kissing stars eye We will have rings and things and fine array William Shakespeare taming-of-the-shrew shrews fine Let life be short, else shame will be too long. William Shakespeare shame life long O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! William Shakespeare kingdoms fire heaven A happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story William Shakespeare unicorn happy-endings stories A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm William Shakespeare kings sea men There is a world elsewhere. William Shakespeare elsewhere world For this relief, much thanks William Shakespeare bitter-cold thanks relief We will all laugh at gilded butterflies. William Shakespeare gilded butterfly laughing Had I no eyes but ears, my ears would love. That inward beauty and invisible; Or were I deaf, thy outward parts would move each part in me that were but sensible: Though neither eyes nor ears, to hear nor see, yet should I be in love by touching thee. 'Say, that the sense of feeling were bereft me, and that I could not see, nor hear, nor touch, and nothing but the very smell were left me, yet would my love to thee be still as much; for from the stillitory of thy face excelling comes breath perfum'd that breedeth love by smelling. William Shakespeare smell eye moving You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! William Shakespeare sassy block stones Why, thou knowest I am as valiant as Hercules, but beware instinct. The lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter. I was a coward on instinct. William Shakespeare lions coward matter Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary letter! My lord, if you will give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar, and daub the wall of a jakes with him. *all cheer for Shakespearean insults* William Shakespeare wall cheer giving O time, thou must untangle this, not I. It is too hard a knot for me t'untie. William Shakespeare knots hard time O, she's warm! If this be magic, let it be an art Lawful as eating. William Shakespeare magic love art Therefore I tell my sorrows to the stones; Who, though they cannot answer my distress, Yet in some sort they are better than the tribunes, For that they will not intercept my tale: When I do weep, they humbly at my feet Receive my tears and seem to weep with me; And, were they but attired in grave weeds, Rome could afford no tribune like to these. William Shakespeare rome weed feet She dreams of him that has forgot her love; You dote on her that cares not for your love. 'Tis pity love should be so contrary; And thinking of it makes me cry 'alas! William Shakespeare dream love-you thinking You speak like a green girl / unsifted in such perilous circumstances. William Shakespeare hamlet-and-ophelia green girl By innocence I swear, and by my youth, I have one heart, one bosom, and one truth, And that no woman has, nor never none Shall mistress be of it save I alone. William Shakespeare mistress innocence heart
