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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Vanity: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

We are such stuff As dreams are made of, and our little life— T. iv. 1.
Is rounded with a sleep. To worship shadows and adore false shapes.— T. G. iv. 2.
Light vanity, insatiate cormorant,— R. II. ii. 1
Consuming means, soon preys upon itself. By the strength of their illusion Shall draw him on to his confusion.— M. iii. 5.
Shine out, fair sun, till I have bought a glass,— R. III. i. 2.
That I may see my shadow as I pass.
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