William Shakespeare: Zitate auf Englisch (seite 21)

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Your cause of sorrow must not be measured by his worth, for then it hath no end.”

“As he was valiant, I honor him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.”

“God shall be my hope, my stay, my guide and lantern to my feet.”

“Receive what cheer you may. The night is long that never finds the day.”

“I’ll look to like, if looking liking move; But no more deep will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly.”

“Men are April when they woo, December when they wed…”

“There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember.”

“Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt.”

“Not a whit, we defy augury: there's a special
providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now,
'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be
now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the
readiness is all.”

“But it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and indeed the sundry contemplation of my travels, which, by often rumination, wraps me in the most humorous sadness.”

“O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art
As glorious to this night, being o'er my head
As is a winged messenger of heaven”

“Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear; Where little fears grow great, great love grows there.”

“Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.”

“If after every tempest come such calms,
May the winds blow till they have waken'd death!”

“Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.”

“The ides of March are come.
Soothsayer: Ay, Caesar; but not gone.”

“The small amount of foolery wise men have makes a great show.”

“She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd;
She is a woman, therefore to be won.”