William Shakespeare Quotes
75 quotes
William Shakespeare
Master of human nature and the complexities of life
75 Quotes
O brave new world that has such people in’t
— The Tempest, Act 5, Scene 1
Sweet are the uses of adversity, which like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head
— As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 1
The course of true love never did run smooth
— A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I, Scene I
Neither rhyme nor reason can express how much
— As You Like It, Act III, Scene 2
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them
— Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V
Now is the winter of our discontent
— Richard III, Act 1, Scene 1
Lord, what fools these mortals be
— A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 2
Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 4
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on
— Othello, Act 1, Scene 3
The wheel is come full circle: I am here
— King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
— Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast
— The Comedy of Errors, Act 3, Scene 1
Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar
— Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1
There’s daggers in men’s smiles
— Macbeth, Act II, Scene III
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 5, Scene 1
The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones
— Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 2
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows
— The Tempest, Act II, Scene II
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once
— Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene II
My salad days, when I was green in judgment
— Antony and Cleopatra, Act 1, Scene 5
If music be the food of love, play on
— Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 1
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late
— The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, Scene 2
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee
— Sonnet 18
What’s done cannot be undone
— Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt
— Measure for Measure, Act 1, Scene 4
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so
— Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep
— The Tempest, Act IV, Scene 1
Nothing will come of nothing
— King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1
Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow
— Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players
— As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII
All that glisters is not gold
— The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene VII
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings
— Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2
Wisdom cries out in the streets, and no man regards it
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act 1, Scene 2
I am one who loved not wisely but too well
— Othello, Act 5, Scene 2
Neither a borrower nor a lender be
— Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3
Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 2
There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune
— Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3
We know what we are, but know not what we may be
— Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5
This above all: to thine own self be true
— Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3
There’s place and means for every man alive
— All’s Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene III
Expectation is the root of all heartache
— Attributed to Shakespeare (commonly cited though debated authenticity)
To thine own self be true
— Hamlet, Act I, Scene III
Conscience doth make cowards of us all
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on
— Othello, Act 3, Scene 3
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle... This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England
— Richard II, Act II, Scene 1
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep
— The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
— Henry IV, Part 2, Act 3, Scene 1
Strong reasons make strong actions
— King John, Act 3, Scene 4
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind
— Henry VI, Part 3, Act 5, Scene 6
The lady doth protest too much, methinks
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2
The better part of Valour, is Discretion
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act 5, Scene 4
Though she be but little, she is fierce
— A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 2
Parting is such sweet sorrow
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
— A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III, Scene 2
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions
— Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5
Fair is foul, and foul is fair
— Macbeth, Act I, Scene 1
This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeits of our own behavior, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars
— King Lear, Act 1, Scene 2
Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act I, Scene III
Brevity is the soul of wit
— Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2
Good night, good night! Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast!
— Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II
To be, or not to be: that is the question
— Hamlet, Act III, Scene I
Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 3
There is no darkness but ignorance
— Twelfth Night, Act 4, Scene 2
This world is not for aye, nor ’tis not strange that even our loves should with our fortunes change
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2
What is past is prologue
— The Tempest, Act II, Scene I
Every why hath a wherefore
— Comedy of Errors, Act II, Scene II
My only love sprung from my only hate
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 5
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
— The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2
Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove
— Sonnet 116
I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is not that strange?
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, Scene 1
Men at some time are masters of their fates
— Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2
A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse
— Richard III, Act 5, Scene 4
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief
— Othello, Act 1, Scene 3
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear
— Henry VIII, Act 1, Scene 2