174 Quotes By William Shakespeare

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My patience to his fury, and am arm'd to suffer, with a quietness of spirit, the very tyranny and rage of his.
William Shakespeare on patience

For there was never yet a philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently.
William Shakespeare on philosophy

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
William Shakespeare on pride

Weariness can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth finds the down pillow hard.
William Shakespeare on sleep

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions.
William Shakespeare on sorrow

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
William Shakespeare on success

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
William Shakespeare on success

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.
William Shakespeare on success

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.
William Shakespeare on temptation

Thought is free.
William Shakespeare on thoughts

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
William Shakespeare on thoughts

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.
William Shakespeare on want

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
William Shakespeare on will

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
William Shakespeare on women