William Shakespeare

Care is no cure, but rather corrosive, for things that are not to be remedied.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.

Zounds! I was never so bethumped with words since I first called my brother's father dad.

O, that estates, degrees, and offices Were not deriv'd corruptly and that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer.

How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted o'er, In states unborn and accents yet unknown!

The lady doth protest too much methinks.

Double, double, toil and trouble; / Fire burn and caldron bubble." -- Witches

All that glitters is not gold." -- Morocco reading a scroll

Our bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are gardeners.

Oh! Wspaniale jest mieć siłę olbrzyma, ale to jest tyranią używanie go jak olbrzyma.

Oh! it is excellent to have a giant's strength; But it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.

Things without remedy, should be without regard; what is done, is done.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes by chance.

Prince, thou art sad, get thee a wife, get thee a wife, there is no staff more reverend than one tipped with horn.

Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing

O, that estates, degrees, and offices Were not deriv'd corruptly and that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer.

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars But in ourselves.

Strong reasons make strong actions.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

Jęczeć nad minionym nieszczęściem to najpewniejszy sposób, by przyciągnąć inne.

Nie próbuj posługiwać się autorytetem tam, gdzie wystarczy rozsądek.

Serce miej otwarte dla wszystkich, zaufaj niewielu.

Wielu noszących szpady obawia się gęsich piór. (Hamlet)

Zwięzłość jest duszą dowcipu.

Jedni przez grzech się wznoszą, inni przez cnotę upadają.

Kto umiera, płaci swoje długi.

Gniew to bardzo zły doradca, ale znakomity wykonawca.

Nie ma rzeczy złych lub dobrych, to myśl czyni je takimi.

Okradziony, który się uśmiecha, odzyskuje trochę skradzionego dobra.

Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt

The earth has music for those who listen.

He that is proud eats up himself; pride is his own glass, his own trumpet, his own chronicle.

This above all; to thine own self be true.

To me, fair friend, you never can be old For as you were when first your eye I eyed, Such seems your beauty still.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never tastes death but once." (Julius Caesar)

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more." (Macbeth)

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's opinion, but reserve thy judgement.

Mark it, nuncle :- have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest, lend less than thou owest, ride more than thou goest, learn more than thou trowest; leave thy drink and thy whore, and keep in-a-door, and thou shalt have more .. than two tens to a score.

Mercy is mightiest in the mightiest

This fellow's wise enough to play the fool, and to do that well craves a kind of wit.

Oh, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannrous to use it like a giant.

What time hath scanted men in hair, he hath given them in wit.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

I had rather have a fool to make me merry, than experience to make me sad.

Everyone can master a grief bet he who has it.

I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.

We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. , The Tempest

Wiemy, czym jesteśmy, ale nie czym możemy być.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

This above all: To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to heaven.

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.

Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venemous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything.

He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.

What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals!

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

Ojciec, który zna swojego syna, jest prawdziwie dobrym ojcem.

 Tam gdzie się sieje miłość, wschodzi radość.

 Serce miej otwarte dla wszystkich, zaufaj niewielu.

reszta jest milczeniem (z Hamleta).

the rest is silence

Coś się psuje w państwie duńskim

something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

Niestety miłość choć niby ponętna Srogie na sercu wypala nam piętna!" Benvolio Akt pierwszy Scena pierwsza

Jak prędko dawna namiętność przeminie, Gdy nowa miłość z serca ją wypiera" Chór Akt drugi Scena pierwsza

Cóż jest świat wobec słodyczy kochania?" Chór Akt drugi Scena pierwsza

Miłość jest ślepa - ciemność jej nie szkodzi" Benvolio Akt drugi Scena pierwsza

Miłość młodzika nie w sercu lecz w oczach się zamyka" Ojciec Laurenty Akt drugi Scena trzecia

Umiarkowana miłość dłużej cieszy" Ojciec Laurenty Akt drugi Scena szósta

Miłość ośmiela się z wolna, aż wszystko co czyni zda się jej proste i skromne" Akt trzeci Scena druga

Miłość jest ślepa więc w nocy ma najwłaściwszą scenerię" Akt trzeci Scena druga

Szczęście samo w sobie jest bogactwem, ...moja miłość to skarb, którego obliczyć się nie da" Julia Akt drugi Scena szósta

Lecę ku szczęściu nikt mnie nie wyprzedzi" Julia Akt drugi Scena piąta

W sprawach ludzi jest fala, która, wzięta w czasie potopu, prowadzi do fortuny; Pominięte, wszystkie podróże ich życia Jest związany w mielizny i niedoli. Na takim pełnym morzu jesteśmy teraz na powierzchni, I musimy wziąć prąd, gdy służy Lub stracić nasze przedsięwzięcia

There is a tide in the affairs of men 
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; 
Omitted, all the voyage of their life 
Is bound in shallows and in miseries. 
On such a full sea are we now afloat, 
And we must take the current when it serves 
Or lose our ventures

Some are born great, others achieve greatness.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

Kochaj wszystkich, ufaj niewielu, czyń zło żadnemu.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Nie lękaj się wielkości. Niektórzy rodzą się wielcy, inni osiągają wielkość, a jeszcze na innych wielkość spada sama.

Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.

Z czasem nienawidzimy tego, czego często się boimy.

In time we hate that which we often fear.

Mądry człowiek nie opłakuje przegranej, lecz żywo szuka sposobu, jak wyleczyć odniesione rany.