Every thing that grows Holds in perfection but a little moment. (Sonnet 15)
William Shakespeare Quotes
And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature. Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings. In time we hate that which we often fear. (Macbeth)
The best in this kind are but shadows; and the worst Are no worse, if imagination amend them. (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Prove true, imagination, O, prove true. (Twelfth Night)
For this, be sure, tonight thou shalt have cramps, side-stitches that shall pen thy breath up. (The Tempest)
I say, there is no darkness but ignorance. (Twelfth Night)
‘Tis mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god. (Troilus and Cressida)
Ten thousand harms, more than the ills I know, My idleness doth hatch. (Antony and Cleopatra)
O, what may man within him hide, Though angel on the outward side! (Measure for Measure)
In the world I fill up a place, which may be better supplied when I have made it empty. (As You Like It)