Quote

I can counterfeit the deep tragedian Speak and look back, and pry on every side, Tremble and start, at wagging of a straw, Intending deep suspicion.

William Shakespeare

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
Actor
Dramaturge
Playwright
Poet
Stage Actor
Writer
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
Shakespeare
The Bard
The Bard of Avon
William Shakspere
Swan of Avon
Bard of Avon
Shakespere
Shakespear
Shakspeare
Shackspeare
William Shake‐ſpeare
Start
Straw
Acting
Tremble
Speak
Counterfeit
Back
Straws
Look
Suspicion
Looks
Deep
Every
Side
Wagging
Sides
Intending

More quotes by William Shakespeare

Image
Let the sap of reason quench the fire of passion.
William Shakespeare
Image
And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love.
William Shakespeare
Image
Come, Lady, die to live.
William Shakespeare
Image
To whom God will, there be the victory.
William Shakespeare
Image
I have pursued her, as love hath pursued me
William Shakespeare
Image
Let every man be master of his time.
William Shakespeare
Image
He knows what it's like to strut and fret his hour upon the stage and then be heard no more.
William Shakespeare
Image
Sweet Beatrice, wouldst thou come when I called thee? BEATRICE Yea, signior, and depart when you bid me. BENEDICK O, stay but till then! BEATRICE 'Then' is spoken fare you well now... (Much Ado About Nothing)
William Shakespeare
Image
If you shall marry, You give away this hand, and this is mine You give away heaven's vows, and those are mine You give away myself, which is known mine For I by vow am so embodied yours That she which marries you must marry me-- Either both or none.
William Shakespeare
Image
Company, villainous company, hath been the spoil of me.
William Shakespeare
Image
There is a law in each well-ordered nation To curb those raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory.
William Shakespeare
Image
And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe. And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot And thereby hangs a tale.
William Shakespeare
Image
The breach of custom Is breach of all.
William Shakespeare
Image
There's place and means for every man alive.
William Shakespeare
Image
All love's pleasure shall not match its woe.
William Shakespeare
Image
Trip over love, you can get up. Fall in love and you fall forever. Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart. Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.
William Shakespeare
Image
That is honor's scorn Which challenges itself as honor's born And is not like the sire. Honors thrive When rather from our acts we them derive Than our foregoers.
William Shakespeare
Image
By how much unexpected, by so much We must awake endeavour for defence For courage mounteth with occasion.
William Shakespeare
Image
So are you to my thoughts as food to life, or as sweet seasoned showers are to the ground.
William Shakespeare
Image
I have sounded the very base-string of humility.
William Shakespeare