Life Quotes Quote by William Shakespeare, Hamlet — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Sweets to the sweet, farewell! I hoped thou shouldst have been my Hamlet’s wife; I thought thy bride-bed to have decked, sweet maid, And not have strewed thy grave.”

““Doubt thou the stars are fire;”

“It isn’t a sadness, but a joy, that we don’t do the same things for the length of our lives.”

“With me, the present is forever and forever is always shifting, flowing, melting. This second is life. And when it is gone it is dead. But you can’t start over with each new second. You have to judge by what is dead. It’s like quicksand…hopeless from the start. A story, a picture, can renew sensation a little, but not enough, not enough. Nothing is real except the present, and already, I feel the weight of centuries smothering me. Some girl a hundred years ago lived as I do. And she is dead. I am the present, but I know I, too, will pass. The high moment, the burning flash, come and are gone, continuous quicksand. And I don’t want to die.”

“People are not lazy, they simply have impotent goals..that is..goals that do not inspire them.”

“I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.”

“It is necessary to fall in love – the better to provide an alibi for all the despair we are going to feel anyway.”