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William Shakespeare on Progress

1564–1616 England

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We must not stint
Our necessary actions, in the fear
To cope malicious censurers.

Henry VIII (1613)

Things done well,
And with a care, exempt themselves from fear;
Things done without example, in their issue
Are to be fear'd.

Henry VIII (1613)

I profess not talking: only this,
Let each man do his best.

Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the ignorant
More learned than the ears.

Coriolanus (1608)

* * * the blood more stirs
To rouse a lion, than to start a hare.

If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well
It were done quickly.

From this moment,
The very firstlings of my heart shall be
The firstlings of my hand. And even now,
To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done.

So smile the Heavens upon this holy act
That after hours with sorrow chide us not!

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

But I remember now
I am in this earthly world; where, to do harm,
Is often laudable; to do good, sometime,
Accounted dangerous folly.

Macbeth (1605)

How my achievements mock me!
I will go meet them.

Troilus and Cressida (1602)

Attribution

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