A rotten case abides no handling. (Henry IV)
William Shakespeare Quotes
Things past redress are now with me past care. (Richard II)
Though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care. (Much Ado About Nothing)
To business that we love we rise betime And go to it with delight. (Antony and Cleopatra)
We cannot weigh our brother with ourself. Great men may jest with saints: ’tis wit in them, But in less, foul profanation. (Measure for Measure)
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks […]
Zounds! I was never so bethumped with words since I first called my brother’s father dad. (King John)
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief. (Hamlet)
O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! That we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts! (Othello)
Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. (Hamlet)
