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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Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand,
Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.

Let music sound while he doth make his choice;
Then, if he lose, he makes a swan-like end,
Fading in music.

Yet looks he like a king; behold, his eye,
As bright as is the eagle's, lightens forth
Controlling majesty.

Richard II (1595)

And the poor beetle, that we tread upon,
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.

Measure for Measure (1603)

Read o'er this;
And after, this; and then to breakfast, with
What appetite you have.

Henry VIII (1613)

I give thee thanks in part of thy deserts,
And will with deeds requite thy gentleness.

I see your brows are full of discontent,
Your hearts of sorrow and your eyes of tears.

Richard II (1595)

No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en;
In brief, sir, study what you most affect.

The day begins to break, and night is fled,
Whose pitchy mantle over-veil'd the earth.

Thy promises are like Adonis' gardens
That one day bloomed and fruitful were the next.

Women are as roses; whose fair flower,
Being once display’d, doth fall that very hour.

Oh, 'tis a parlous boy;
Bold, quick, ingenious, forward, capable;
He's all the mother's from the top to toe.

Richard III (1591)

If thou keep promise, I shall end this strife,
Become a Christian and thy loving wife.

But yet I'll make assurance double sure,
And take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live.

Macbeth (1605)

Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.

Othello (1603)

It must be so; for miracles are ceased
And therefore we must needs admit the means
How things are perfected.

Henry V (1599)

This sleep is sound indeed, this is a sleep
That from this golden rigol hath divorc'd
So many English kings.

You are the hare of whom the proverb goes,
Whose valor plucks dead lions by the beard.

King John (1598)

I will go root away
The noisome weeds which without profit suck
The soil's fertility from wholesome flowers.

Richard II (1595)

Princes have but their titles for their glories;
An outward honour for an inward toil.

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