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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Thou wilt say anon he is some kin to thee,
Thou spend'st such high-day wit in praising him.

O conspiracy,
Sham'st thou to show thy dang'rous brow by night,
When evils are most free?

Julius Cæsar (1599)

Thou tremblest; and the whiteness in thy cheek
Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand.

I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins,
That almost freezes up the heat of life.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

A friend should bear his friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.

Julius Cæsar (1599)

I think the devil will not have me damned, lest the oil that's in me should set hell on fire.

The bloody book of law
You shall yourself read in the bitter letter
After your own sense.

Othello (1603)

Get thee glass eyes;
And, like a scurvy politician, seem
To see the things thou dost not.

Sorrow breaks seasons and reposing hours,
Makes the night morning, and the noon-tide night.

Richard III (1591)

Let there be some more test made of my metal,
Before so noble and so great a figure
Be stamped upon it.

Measure for Measure (1603)

And teach me how
To name the bigger light, and how the less,
That burn by day and night.

At your age,
The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble,
And waits upon the judgment.

What thou wouldst highly,
That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false,
And yet wouldst wrongly win.

Macbeth (1605)

But when the fox hath once got in his nose,
He'll soon find means to make the body follow.

Chide him for faults, and do it reverently,
When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth.

To wail friends lost
Is not by much so wholesome — profitable,
As to rejoice at friends but newly found.

Should all despair
That have revolted wives, the tenth of mankind
Would hang themselves.

Though those that are betray'd
Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor
Stands in worse case of woe.

Cymbeline (1611)

When workmen strive to do better than well,
They do confound their skill in covetousness.

King John (1598)

Come, quench your blushes and present yourself
That which you are, mistress o' the feast.

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