william, pray tell

was browsing an interesting shakespeare site & realised many of today's phrases were actually lines from his plays. cool :) heh, sry ah i swaku.

check these out:

For ever and a day.

- as you like it

This is the short and the long of it.

- the merry wives of windsor

Why, then the world 's mine oyster.

- the merry wives of windsor

I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at.

- othello

some of my faves:

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
- as you like it

Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest, lend less than thou owest.

- king lear

Brevity is the soul of wit.
- hamlet

Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.
- r+j

Love sought is good, but giv'n unsought is better.

- twelfth night

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

- midsummer's night dream