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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Care is no cure, but rather a corrosive,
For things that are not to be remedied.

O, he's a limb, that has but a disease;
Mortal, to cut it off; to cure it, easy.

Now, if you can blush and cry, "guilty," cardinal,
You'll show a little honesty.

Henry VIII (1613)

O, that this too too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!

Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew and dog will have his day.

I hold him but a fool that will endanger
His body for a girl that loves him not.

Sure he's not in hell; he's in Arthur's bosom, if ever man went to Arthur's bosom.

Henry V (1599)

One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so;
Pardon is still the nurse of second woe.

Measure for Measure (1603)

O brother, speak with possibilities,
And do not break into these deep extremes.

We should hold day with the Antipodes,
If you would walk in absence of the sun.

How dare the plants look up to heaven, from whence
They have their nourishment?

That what he will he does, and does so much
That proof is call'd impossibility.

Troilus and Cressida (1602)

Whose tongue soe'er speaks false,
Not truly speaks; who speaks not truly, lies.

King John (1598)

I am sorry I must never trust thee more,
But count the world a stranger for thy sake:
The private wound is deepest.

Is in the very May-morn of his youth,
Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises.

Henry V (1599)

The king's name is a tower of strength,
Which they upon the adverse party want.

Richard III (1591)

We go to gain a little patch of ground
That hath in it no profit but the name.

I must to the barber's; * * * for methinks I am marvellous hairy about the face.

These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

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