Thursday 24 October 2013

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo Biography

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I've been meaning to do this for a while and finally had the time to do it.  In a highly unscientific manner I punched "Shakespeare tattoo" into the Pinterest search engine, and started tracking what came up.  Although there were a variety of Shakespeare images, in this case I was looking purely at the quotes.

Unfortunately if more than one person finds the same image and pins it, all those instances will show up, and it would be near impossible for me to do anything about that. So instead I factored it into the equation.  The prevalence of a given tattoo doesn't just mean "More people have this one" it also means "More people *like* this one."

I learned that pictures of freshly done tattoos are pretty gross.  Many of these showed people all red and swollen which I assume means they took the picture immediately upon completion.  I also learned that people will tattoo pretty much anywhere on their body, and saw a fair share of nearly naked people with just a hand covering the bits that weren't Shakespeare. (Though it's not on pinterest and was not part of this study I remember seeing a picture of a woman in the bathtub whose Shakespeare tattoo was so high up her leg that I hope she married her tattoo artist afterward.)

In total I looked at 74 tattoos (or, as noted, re-pins of tattoos). I was surprised at how lopsided the distribution was.  Seventeen of those (almost 1/4th the total) were unique - I found only one tattoo like it. I think my favorite may have been this one:
Quotes by William Shakespeare: 

“Thought is free.” 

“Listen to many, speak to a few.” 

“Love is a wonderful, terrible thing” 

“This above all; to thine own self be true.” 

“Don't trust the person who has broken faith once.” 

“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall” 

“There was a star danced, and under that was I born.” 

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” 

“All glory comes from daring to begin.” 

“Give thy thoughts no tongue.” 

“When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain” 

“Say as you think and speak it from your souls.” 

“The good I stand on is my truth and honesty.” 

“True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings” 

“Look like the innocent flower 
But be the serpent under it.” 

“Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.” 

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” 

“Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.” 

“Strong reasons make strong actions.” 

“The course of true love never did run smooth.” 

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” 

“Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye.” 

“The love of heaven makes one heavenly.” 

“'Tis best to weigh The enemy more mighty than he seems” 

“Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.” 

“It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions” 

“Speak low, if you speak love.” 

“To do a great right do a little wrong.”
You know the feeling — you read a phrase in a favorite book, and its as if it has been inked permanently on your mind. Of course, some people choose to literally ink odes to their favorite books on their bodies, whether inspired by children’s books or by some of the incredible turns of phrase below, which we’ve chosen for their resonance as well as their beauty. And as you probably know, the web overfloweth with literary tattoos, particularly literary quote tattoos — and certain books tend to spark  more tattoos than others – so we’ve simply chosen our favorites here. If we’ve missed yours, add it to our collection in the comments.

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

Shakespeare Quotes Tattoo From Romeo And Juliet Love To Be Or Not To Be Tumblr Wallpaper Hamlet On Life Tattoos Macbeth About Women

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