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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Not a mouse
Shall disturb this hallow'd house:
I am sent with broom before,
To sweep the dust behind the door.

That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.

Measure for Measure (1603)

Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway,
Meeting the check of such another day.

Your cause of sorrow
Must not be measur'd by his worth, for then
It hath no end.

Macbeth (1605)

By this sword, he that makes the first thrust, I’ll kill him; by this sword, I will.

Henry V (1599)

That it should hold companionship in peace
With honour, as in war; since that to both
It stands in like request.

That you have many enemies, that know not
Why they are so, but, like to village-curs,
Bark when their fellows do.

Henry VIII (1613)

How many things by season season'd are
To their right praise and true perfection!

Boils and plagues
Plaster you o'er, that you may be abhorr'd
Further than seen.

O that I were a mockery king of snow,
Standing before the sun of Bolingbroke,
To melt myself away in water drops!

Richard II (1595)

For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night
Whiter than new snow on a raven's back.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

To leave this keen encounter of our wits,
And fall somewhat into a slower method.

Richard III (1591)

Show you sweet Cæsar's wounds, poor, poor dumb mouths,
And bid them speak for me.

Julius Cæsar (1599)

Now I perceive the devil understands Welsh;
And 'tis no marvel he is so humorous.

Such duty as the subject owes the prince,
Even such a woman oweth to her husband.

'Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.

Macbeth (1605)

I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.

Pride hath no other glass
To show itself but pride, for supple knees
Feed arrogance and are the proud man's fees.

Troilus and Cressida (1602)

Why, all the souls that are were forfeit once;
And He that might the vantage best have took
Found out the remedy.

Measure for Measure (1603)

Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school.

As You Like It (1599)

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