For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause; there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life.

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Death Quotes

Our foster-nurse of nature is repose

Our foster-nurse of nature is repose

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would...

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would...

I wear not My dagger in my mouth

I wear not My dagger in my mouth

The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.

The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.

Love is too young to know what conscience is.

Love is too young to know what conscience is.

In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter

In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter

They have been grand-jurymen since before Noah was a sailor

They have been grand-jurymen since before Noah was a sailor

'Tis mad idolatry to make the service greater than the god.

'Tis mad idolatry to make the service greater than the god.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

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

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

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his...

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his...

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.

I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

Every one can master a grief but he that has it

Every one can master a grief but he that has it

When most I wink, then do my eyes best see

When most I wink, then do my eyes best see

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

In delay there lies no plenty.

In delay there lies no plenty.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an...

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an...

There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and...

There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and...