English - Dramatist | April 23, 1564 - April 23, 1616
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
William Shakespeare
PurposeDevilScriptureHisCite
Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.
MeCrownGive MeGiveRobeImmortal
We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.
LifeDreamsSleepLittleStuffMade
This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
LifeShadowWalkingIdiotNothing
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
FallRiseSinVirtueSome
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
GoodMenEvilBonesThemAfter
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.
FearCareDoneThingsWellExempt
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.
LoveLove IsAlterationFinds
When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.
GreatBornFoolsCryStageCome
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
LaughterWrinklesOldComeMirth
Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
GoodWordsDoingTalkingSayKind
Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.
TrustEyeNegotiateEveryAgent
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