Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! -- Wm. Shakespeare, "Henry VI" | |
A light wife doth make a heavy husband. -- Wm. Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice" | |
A Tale of Two Cities LITE(tm) -- by Charles Dickens A lawyer who looks like a French Nobleman is executed in his place. The Metamorphosis LITE(tm) -- by Franz Kafka A man turns into a bug and his family gets annoyed. Lord of the Rings LITE(tm) -- by J.R.R. Tolkien Some guys take a long vacation to throw a ring into a volcano. Hamlet LITE(tm) -- by Wm. Shakespeare A college student on vacation with family problems, a screwy girl-friend and a mother who won't act her age. | |
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. -- Wm. Shakespeare, "The Tempest" | |
question = ( to ) ? be : ! be; -- Wm. Shakespeare | |
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind. -- Wm. Shakespeare | |
The bay-trees in our country are all wither'd And meteors fright the fixed stars of heaven; The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth And lean-look'd prophets whisper fearful change. These signs forerun the death or fall of kings. -- Wm. Shakespeare, "Richard II" | |
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. -- Wm. Shakespeare, "Henry VI", Part IV | |
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact... -- Wm. Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" | |
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. -- Wm. Shakespeare, "Hamlet" |