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William Shakespeare on Mind

1564–1616 England

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Now, the melancholy god protect thee; and the tailor make thy doublet of changeable taffeta, for thy mind is a very opal.

Good reasons must, of force, give place to better.

Julius Cæsar (1599)

For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich.

We are not ourselves
When nature, being oppress'd, commands the mind
To suffer with the body.

King Lear (1608)

'Tis pity bounty had not eyes behind,
That man mignt ae'er be wretched for his mind.

My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel.

Fetter strong madness in a silken thread.

But since the affairs of men rest still incertain,
Let's reason with the worst that may befall.

Julius Cæsar (1599)

Opinion's but a fool, that makes us scan
The outward habit by the inward man.

'Tis but a base, ignoble mind
That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.

It shall be so:
Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go.

You will never run mad, niece;
No, not till a hot January.

O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!
The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword!

Give you a reason on compulsion! if reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I.

I have no other but a woman's reason
I think him so because I think him so.

His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them; and when you have them, they are not worth the search.

I have bought
Golden opinions from all sorts of people,
Which would be worn now in their newest gloss,
Not cast aside so soon.

Macbeth (1605)

Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't

And when the mind is quicken'd, out of doubt,
The organs, though defunct and dead before,
Break up their drowsy grave and newly move
With casted slough and fresh legerity.

Henry V (1599)

Strong reasons make strong actions.

King John (1598)

Attribution

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