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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Go in, and cheer the town; we'll forth and fight;
Do deeds worth praise and tell you them at night.

Troilus and Cressida (1602)

Then fresh tears
Stood on her cheeks, as doth the honey-dew
Upon a gather'd lily almost wither'd.

This wide and universal theatre
Presents more woful pageants than the scene
Wherein we play in.

But hers, which through the crystal tears gave light,
Shone like the moon in water seen by night.

Venus and Adonis (1593)

O, she is fallen
Into a pit of ink, that the wide sea
Hath drops too few to wash her clean again.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness,
And in the taste confounds the appetite.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

Trust none;
For oaths are straws, men's faiths are wafer-cakes,
And hold-fast is the only dog.

Henry V (1599)

I doubt not then but innocence shall make
False accusation blush, and tyranny
Tremble at patience.

She is not well married that lives married long:
But she's best married that dies married young.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

When the sun shines let foolish gnats make sport,
But creep in crannies when he hides his beams.

The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief:
He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.

Othello (1603)

And bid the cheek be ready with a blush
Modest as morning when she coldly eyes
The youthful Phœbus.

Troilus and Cressida (1602)

To feed were best at home;
From thence the sauce to meat is ceremony;
Meeting were bare without it.

Macbeth (1605)

The grey-ey'd morn smiles on the frowning night,
Chequering the eastern clouds with streaks of light.

When remedies are past, the griefs are ended
By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended.

Othello (1603)

In religion,
What damned error, but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text.

He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stol'n,
Let him not know't, and he's not robb'd at all.

Othello (1603)

A daughter and a goodly babe,
Lusty and like to live: the queen receives
Much comfort in 't.

If it be summer news,
Smile to 't before: if winterly, thou need'st
But keep that countenance still.

Cymbeline (1611)

Those eyes of thine from mine have drawn salt tears,
Sham'd their aspect with store of childish drops.

Richard III (1591)

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