William Shakespeare Quotes
William Shakespeare was born April 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom. He was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatist.
William Shakespeare’s works are loved throughout the world, but his personal life is shrouded in mystery. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. William Shakespeare died on the 23rd of April, 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom.
In this article, you will find a collection of famous William Shakespeare quotes and sayings.
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80 William Shakespeare Quotes About Life, Love & Death
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“We know what we are, but not what we may be.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Expectation is the root of all heartache.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Listen to many, speak to a few.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is!― William Shakespeare Quote
“Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“And yet,to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“This above all: to thine own self be true.”― William Shakespeare Quote
“When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions!” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man. He that is more than a youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, I am not for him.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“So wise so young, they say, do never live long.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“For she had eyes and chose me.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“My soul is in the sky.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“In time we hate that which we often fear.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Presume not that I am the thing I was.”― William Shakespeare Quote
“One may smile, and smile, and be a villain. ” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“You speak an infinite deal of nothing.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“The course of true love never did run smooth.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Don’t waste your love on somebody, who doesn’t value it.”― William Shakespeare Quote
“Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Brevity is the soul of wit.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“I can see he’s not in your good books,’ said the messenger. ‘No, and if he were I would burn my library.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“What’s done cannot be undone.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?”― William Shakespeare Quote
“Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. ” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“I do love nothing in the world so well as you- is not that strange?” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“For which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Men in rage strike those that wish them best.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Be great in act, as you have been in thought.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“All’s well that ends well.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Women may fall when there’s no strength in men.― William Shakespeare Quote
“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“These violent delights have violent ends.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“I am not bound to please thee with my answers.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Conscience doth make cowards of us all.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“They do not love that do not show their love.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“To weep is to make less the depth of grief.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Lord, what fools these mortals be!” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Though she be but little, she is fierce!” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” ― William Shakespeare Quote
“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” ― William Shakespeare Quote