Category Archives: Best Shakespeare Quotes

It is almost a platitude but of all the quotes a speaker may use, Shakespeare’s carry the greater weight and the most recognizable authority. The site www.yourdailyshakespeare.com publishes regularly blogs taking one quote at a time and giving tips of how to use it, as well as the context of the quote and other information. Information mostly derived by the book “Your Daily Shakespeare”

Shakespeare on Women and Roses

Posted on August 25, 2012 by jimmie

“For women are as roses, whose fair flower Being once display’d, doth fall that very hour.” (Twelfth Night, act 2, sc. 4) Tips for Use. The statement suggests a double standard and a trace of ‘macho’ philosophy. You may just use ‘Women are as roses’. But if she is an insufferable lady very full of Read More

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Shakespeare on Indecision, Uncertainty and Doubt

Posted on August 24, 2012 by jimmie

“And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.” (Hamlet act 3, sc. 3) Tips for Use.  When you are undecided about an issue, as we all are many or most of the times. Or when you need to explain why you have not Read More

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Shakespeare on Love, Words of Love, Music, their Similarities & Interconnections

Posted on August 23, 2012 by jimmie

“How silver sweet sound lovers’ tongues by night, Like softest music to attending ears!” (Romeo and Juliet, act 2, sc. 2) Tips for Use.  You may drop the line in passing, especially if she said something nice. Not everyone held the same idea on the matter. In “The Anatomie of Abuse”, Philip Stubbes (1583-1591) writes, Read More

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Shakespeare on Fate, Destiny and the Powerlessness of Man

Posted on August 22, 2012 by jimmie

“But, orderly to end where I begun, Our wills and fates do so contrary run That our devices still are overthrown; Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own.” (Hamlet, act 3, sc. 2) Tips for Use.  An eternal truth rendered in a way that will make you be original when you express Read More

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Shakespeare on Fresh Breath and Bad Breath Remedies if Needed

Posted on August 18, 2012 by jimmie

“The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweetens not thy breath.” (Cymbeline, act 4, sc. 1) Tips for Use. Perfect answer if your better (or worse) half is concerned about her/his breath and queries you about it. Perhaps it is a case where a license to lie may be granted. The quality of breath Read More

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Shakespeare on Aging Gracefully, Wine & Laughter as Medicines

Posted on August 17, 2012 by jimmie

“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come, And let my liver rather heat with wine Than my heart cool with mortifying groans, Why should a man whose blood is warm within Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?” (Merchant of Venice, act 1, sc. 1) Tips for Use. A good answer to a question Read More

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Shakespeare on Planning, Management Planning and Risk Management

Posted on August 16, 2012 by jimmie

“When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model; And when we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the erection; Which if we find outweighs ability, What do we then but draw anew the model In fewer offices, or at last desist To Read More

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Shakespeare on Recognition and Name Recognition

Posted on August 14, 2012 by jimmie

“… and every tongue that speaks But Romeo’s name, speaks heavenly eloquence.” (Romeo and Juliet, act 3, sc. 2) Tips for Use. It could be an answer to ‘Have you heard of So and So?’ where So and So is a lady of interest to you, e.g. ‘every tongue that speaks but (So and So’s) Read More

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Shakespeare on Pageantry, Pomp and the Fleeting Nature of Power

Posted on August 13, 2012 by jimmie

“… what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? And, live we how we can, yet die we must.” (King Henry VI part 3., act 5, sc. 2) Comments. No explanation is needed for these words uttered by Warwick the king-maker as he lies on the ground, wounded during the battle of Barnet (1471). Read More

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Shakespeare on Modesty and Sex-Appeal

Posted on August 12, 2012 by jimmie

“… Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman’s lightness?” (Measure For Measure, act 2, sc. 3) Tips for use.  Here we have in verse the unassailable truth that modesty or elegant reserve are more enticing than explicit sexual messages. Regrettably many if not most of us have become inured to Read More

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