HAMLET
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Translation
Horatio, there are more things in this universe than you can possibly imagine with all your learning.

🗡 Hamlet (T)
Act 1, Scene 5

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JULIET
My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.

Translation
My generosity towards you is as vast as the sea, and my love for you is as deep as the sea. The more I give to you, the more I have, because both my generosity and love are endless.

🗡 Romeo and Juliet (T)
Act 2, scene 2

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FALSTAFF
The better part of valour is discretion.

Translation
The better part of great courage is being careful.

👑 Henry IV, Part 1 (H)
Act 5, Scene 4

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MARIANA
No legacy is so rich as honesty.

Translation
There is no inheritance as valuable as being honest.

🌀 All's Well That Ends Well (P)
Act 3, Scene 5

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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate!

Translation
Should I compare you to a summer's day? You are more lovely and more moderate!

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PROSPERO
Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that’s gone.

Translation
Let’s not weigh down our memories with a sadness that is now in the past.

🔮The Tempest (R)
Act 5, Scene 1

🎨 Untitled by Catherine Song

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PERICLES
One sin another doth provoke; Murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke.

Translation
One sin leads to another; murder is closely connected to lust, just like fire to smoke.

🔮 Pericles (R)
Act 1, Scene 1

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PAULINA
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

Translation
The silence, often coming from pure innocence, can convince others when words are unable to do so.

🔮The Winter's Tale (R)
Act 2, Scene 2

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It [love] is an ever-fixed mark
/ That looks on tempests and is never shaken/ It is the star to every wand'ring bark/ Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.

Translation
Love is a constant mark that looks down on storms and is never shaken. Love is the star for every lost boat, whose true value is unknown, even if its distance is measured.

❤️ 116 (S)

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POLONIUS
Brevity is the soul of wit.

Translation
Being brief is the essence of wisdom.

🗡 Hamlet (T)
Act 2, Scene 2

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OTHELLO
Weigh'st thy words before thou giv'st them breath.

Translation
Think carefully before you speak.

🗡 Othello (T)
Act 3, Scene 3

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HOTSPUR
While you live, tell truth and shame the devil!

Translation
As long as you're alive, tell the truth and shame the devil!

👑 Henry IV (H)
Part 1, Act 3, Scene 1

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VENUS
Love is a spirit all compact of fire/Not gross to sink, but light, and will aspire.

Translation
Love is a spirit made of fire, not heavy to sink but light and reaching higher.

📜 Venus and Adonis (N)

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JOAN LA PUCELLE
Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till by broad spreading it disperse to nought.

Translation
Glory is like a circle in the water, which never stops expanding itself until, by spreading widely, it fades away into nothing.

👑 King Henry VI (H)
Act 1, Scene 2

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HAMLET
To be, or not to be? That is the question— Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and, by opposing, end them? To die, to sleep—No more.

Translation
To live, or to die? That is the question. Is it more honorable to tolerate all the hardships and difficulties of cruel fate, or to fight back against all those troubles and by winning the fight, put an end to them? To die, to sleep— No more.

🗡 Hamlet (T)
Act 3, Scene 1

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DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.

Translation
He who must eat with the devil must have a long spoon.

Meaning
One should be cautious when dealing with dangerous persons.

💍 The Comedy of Errors (C)
Act 4, Scene 3

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

Translation
Those who are proud harm themselves: pride serves as their own mirror, their own trumpet, and their own record.

🌀Troilus and Cressida (P)
Act 2, Scene 3

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TRANIO
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en; In brief, sir, study what you most affect.

Translation
No profit is gained from something you take no pleasure in. In short, sir, study what you enjoy the most.

💍 The Taming of the Shrew (C)
Act 1, Scene 1

🎨 Audiobook by Pawel Kuczynski

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DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO
Cupid's butt-shaft is too hard for Hercules' club.

Translation
Cupid's arrow is even more powerful than Hercules' club.

Meaning
Love's power is stronger than physical strength.

💍 Love’s Labour Lost (C)
Act 1, Scene 2

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LUCRECE
The patient dies while the physician sleeps; The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds; Justice is feasting while the widow weeps; Advice is sporting while infection breeds.

Translation
The patient dies while the doctor sleeps. The orphan starves while the dictator eats. The judge eats and drinks a lot, while the widow cries. Medical opinions become useless while diseases spread.

📜 The Rape of Lucrece (N)

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MESSENGER
"Frame your mind to mirth and merriment, which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life."

Translation
Direct your thoughts towards laughter and joy—both of which can prevent countless illnesses and help you live longer.

💍 The Taming of the Shrew (C)
Induction, Scene 2

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