Quotes by William Shakespeare

About William Shakespeare:

William Shakespeare is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
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We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good; so find we profit By losing of our prayers.

William Shakespeare

That truth should be silent I had almost forgot. (Enobarbus)

William Shakespeare

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

William Shakespeare

What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her?

William Shakespeare

I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.

William Shakespeare

Where is Polonius? HAMLET In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby.

William Shakespeare

Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears.

William Shakespeare

And will 'a not come again? And will 'a not come again? No, no, he is dead, Go to thy death bed: He will never come again.

William Shakespeare

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, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and, by a sleep to say...

William Shakespeare

Dying's a fearful popular activity these days so we often double 'em up.

William Shakespeare

Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat in this distracted globe. Remember thee?

William Shakespeare

The native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought; and enterprises of great pitch and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, and lose the name of action.

William Shakespeare

Doubt thou the stars are fire Doubt thou the sun doth move Doubt truth to be a liar But never doubt I love

William Shakespeare

Tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard, A serpent stung me; so the whole ear of Denmark Is by a forged process of my death Rankly abused: but know, thou noble youth, The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown.

William Shakespeare

There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

William Shakespeare

For some must watch, while some must sleep So runs the world away

William Shakespeare

If it be now, ’tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, yet it will come—the readiness is all.

William Shakespeare

There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.

William Shakespeare

O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else? And shall I couple Hell?

William Shakespeare

I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end Like quills upon the f...

William Shakespeare

Author Bio

  • NameWilliam Shakespeare
  • DescriptionEnglish playwright and poet
  • AliasesShakespeare; The Bard; The Bard of Avon
  • Born1564
  • DiedMay 3, 1616
  • CountryEngland
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Poet; Stage Actor; Writer
  • WorksHamlet; Romeo And Juliet; As You Like It; Macbeth; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Shakespeare's Sonnets