Quotes by Famous People
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Famous Quotes by William Shakespeare
1.
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts...
William Shakespeare, "As You Like It"
2.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
William Shakespeare, "As You Like It"
3.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet
4.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
5.
There is nothing either good or bad,
but thinking makes it so.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
6.
Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
7.
O, woe is me,
To have seen what I have seen, see what I see!
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
8.
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
9.
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
10.
For 'tis the sport to have the engineer
Hoist with his own petard...
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
11.
I must be cruel, only to be kind:
Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
12.
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
13.
A hit, a very palpable hit.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
14.
Beware the Ides of March.
William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"
15.
But, for my own part, it was Greek to me.
William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"
16.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"
17.
Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war.
William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"
18.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"
19.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
Or close the wall up with our English dead!
William Shakespeare, "King Henry V"
20.
This England never did, nor never shall,
Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.
William Shakespeare, "King John"
21.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child!
William Shakespeare, "King Lear"
22.
Pray you now, forget and forgive.
William Shakespeare, "King Lear"
23.
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
William Shakespeare, "King Richard II"
24.
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York,
William Shakespeare, "King Richard III"
25.
They have been at a great feast of languages,
and stolen the scraps.
William Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost"
26.
Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand?
William Shakespeare, "Macbeth"
27.
The attempt and not the deed
Confounds us.
William Shakespeare, "Macbeth"
28.
By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.
William Shakespeare, "Macbeth"
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
William Shakespeare, "Macbeth", Act 4 scene 1
29.
What's mine is yours, and what is yours is mine.
William Shakespeare, "Measure for Measure"
30.
He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.
William Shakespeare, "Much Ado about Nothing"
31.
Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love:
William Shakespeare, "Much Ado about Nothing", Act 2 scene 1
32.
I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at.
William Shakespeare, "Othello"
33.
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet"
34.
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet"
35.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet"
36.
A plague o' both your houses!
William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet"
37.
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"
38.
But love is blind, and lovers cannot see
The pretty follies that themselves commit.
William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"
39.
This is the short and the long of it.
William Shakespeare, "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
40.
Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
William Shakespeare, "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
41.
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
William Shakespeare, "The Tempest"
42.
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
William Shakespeare, "The Tempest"
43.
He that dies pays all debts.
William Shakespeare, "The Tempest"
44.
Where the bee sucks, there suck I;
In a cowslip's bell I lie.
William Shakespeare, "The Tempest"
45.
If music be the food of love, play on;
William Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night"
46.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
William Shakespeare, 'Hamlet'
47.
The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better
part I have saved my life.
William Shakespeare, 'King Henry IV part I'
48.
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
49.
Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.
William Shakespeare
50.
My salad days, When I was green in judgment.
William Shakespeare, "Antony and Cleopatra"