A Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations

Every human feeling, answered by Shakespeare: an 1892 dictionary that files the Bard's best lines under the passions they express — from Ambition to Woe.

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Compunction: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour, As thou art in desire? Would'st thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem; Letting I dare not, wait upon I would, Like the poor cat i' the adage?— M. i. 7.
We will proceed no further in this business: He hath honour'd me of late, and I have bought— M. i. 7.
Golden opinions of all sorts of people. But wherefore could I not pronounce, Amen? I had most need of blessing, and Amen Stuck in my throat.— M. ii. 2.
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