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There are 5 quotes matching William Shakespeare in the collection:
King Henry: But what a point, my lord, your falcon made, And what a pitch she flew above the rest! To see how God in all his creatures works! Yea, man and birds are fain of climbing high.
Suffolk: No marvel, an it like your majesty, My lord protectors hawks do tower so well; They know their masters loves to be aloft, And bears his thoughts above his falcon’s pitch.
Gloucester: My lord, ’tis but a base ignoble mind That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
William Shakespeare
King Henry VI, Act 2. Written sometime between 1589-92.
But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, Leaving no tract behind.
William Shakespeare (and likely also Thomas Middleton)
Poet in The Life of Timon of Athens, Act 1.,Scene 1. Written c. 1623.
My soul is in the sky.
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act V. Scene I. Written c.1595 or 1596.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
William Shakespeare
King Henry the Fourth, Part One. c. 1591.
And seeing ignorance is the curse of God, knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
William Shakespeare
Saye, scene vii, act IV, Henry VI, Part 2, written c. 1590-91.
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