Careful Words

win (n.)

win (v.)

win (adj.)

That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man,

If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Act iii. Sc. 1.

Our doubts are traitors,

And make us lose the good we oft might win

By fearing to attempt.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Measure for Measure. Act i. Sc. 4.

When in doubt, win the trick.

They laugh that win.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Othello. Act iv. Sc. 1.

And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,

The instruments of darkness tell us truths,

Win us with honest trifles, to betray's

In deepest consequence.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act i. Sc. 3.

And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,

The instruments of darkness tell us truths,

Win us with honest trifles, to betray's

In deepest consequence.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act i. Sc. 3.

Born for success he seemed,

With grace to win, with heart to hold,

With shining gifts that took all eyes.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882): In Memoriam.

What thou wouldst highly,

That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false,

And yet wouldst wrongly win.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act i. Sc. 5.