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William Shakespeare on Easter

1564–1616 England

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He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.

It And her immortal part with angels lives.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

Stands not within the prospect of belief.

Macbeth (1605)

The miserable have no other medicine
But only hope:
I've hope to live, and am prepar'd to die.

Measure for Measure (1603)

True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings:
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings.

Richard III (1591)

Now God be praised, that to believing souls,
Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair!

Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that
And manage it against despairing thoughts.

When love begins to sicken and decay,
It useth an enforced ceremony,
There are no tricks in plain and simple faith.

Julius Cæsar (1599)

Within this wall of flesh
There is a soul counts thee her creditor.

King John (1598)

Think'st thou I'll endanger my soul gratis?

Our hap is loss, our hope but sad despair.

I'll take thy word for faith, not ask thine oath;
Who shuns not to break one will sure crack both.

Trust none;
For oaths are straws, men's faiths are wafer-cakes,
And hold-fast is the only dog.

Henry V (1599)

Thy soul's flight,
If it find heaven, must find it out to-night.

Macbeth (1605)

Farewell
The hopes of court! my hopes in heaven do dwell.

Henry VIII (1613)

He is not lolling on a lewd love-bed,
But on his knees at meditation;
Not dallying with a brace of courtesans,
But meditating with two deep divines.

Look, here's the warrant, Claudio, for thy death:
'Tis now dead midnight, and by eight tomorrow
Thou must be made immortal.

Measure for Measure (1603)

Set on your foot,
And with a heart new-fir'd I follow you,
To do I know not what: but it sufficeth
That Brutus leads me on.

Julius Cæsar (1599)

Thou almost makest me waver in my faith
To hold opinion with Pythagoras,
That souls of animals infuse themselves
Into the trunks of men.

I hold it ever,
Virtue and cunning were endowments greater
Than nobleness and riches: careless heirs
May the two latter darken and expend;
But immortality attends the former,
Making a man a god.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Shakespeare (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.