William Shakespeare Quotes

1564–1616 England

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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Also known as: Shakespeare, Shakespeare, William, Shakespearean, Shakspeare

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He bears an honorable mind,
And will not use a woman lawlessly.

Is there no way for men to be, but women
Must be half-workers?

Cymbeline (1611)

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin
As self-neglecting.

Henry V (1599)

Why, headstrong liberty is lash'd with woe;
There's nothing, situate under heaven's eye
But hath his bound, in earth, in sea, in sky.

I always thought
It was both impious and unnatural
That such immanity and bloody strife
Should reign among professors of one faith.

They told me I was everything; ’tis a lie, I am not ague-proof.

King Lear (1606)

When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.

King Lear (1608)

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments.

Sonnets (1609)

I profess not talking: only this,
Let each man do his best.

Charity,
Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.

Richard III (1591)

For nothing canst thou to damnation add
Greater than that.

Othello (1603)

Full oft we see
Cold wisdom waiting on superfluous folly.

Now good digestion wait on appetite,
And health on both!

Macbeth (1605)

I do hate a proud man, as I hate the engendering of toads.

Troilus and Cressida (1602)

I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

King Lear (1608)

I have a good eye, uncle; I can see a church by daylight.

Let every eye negotiate for itself,
And trust no agent.

All is uneven,
And everything is left at six and seven.

Richard II (1595)

Nature in you stands on the very verge
Of her confine.

King Lear (1608)

He hath a daily beauty in his life
That makes me ugly.

Othello (1603)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Shakespeare (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.