My words fly up, my thoughts remain below:
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

—William Shakespeare

About William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" or simply "the Bard"....

More quotations from William Shakespeare

I understand a fury in your words,
But not the words.

—William Shakespeare

Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o' the milk of human kindness.

—William Shakespeare

Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.

—William Shakespeare

O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.

—William Shakespeare

I have
Immortal longings in me.

—William Shakespeare

More quotations tagged with “language”

I understand a fury in your words,
But not the words.

—William Shakespeare

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

—William Penn

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

—Winston Churchill

Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.

—Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.

—Samuel Johnson

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11 Jul 2015 Added