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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And then it started like a guilty thing
Upon a fearful summons.

For the selfsame heaven
That frowns on me looks sadly upon him.

Richard III (1591)

Sleep shall neither night nor day
Hang upon his pent-house lid.

Macbeth (1605)

The spirit of a youth
That means to be of note, begins betimes.

For he to-day that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother.

The early village cock
Hath twice done salutation to the morn.

Richard III (1591)

Be large in mirth; anon we'll drink a measure
The table round.

Macbeth (1605)

By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.

Macbeth (1605)

Proper deformity seems not in the fiend
So horrid as in woman.

King Lear (1608)

Her beauty makes
This vault a feasting presence full of light.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

When valour preys on reason,
It eats the sword it fights with.

O, so light a foot
Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

Are there no stones in heaven
But what serve for the thunder?

Othello (1603)

Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud:
Dismask'd, their damask sweet commixture shown,
Are angels veiling clouds, or roses blown.

You are old;
As you are old and reverend, you should be wise.

King Lear (1608)

This avarice
Strikes deeper, grows with more pernicious root.

Macbeth (1605)

O, the blood more stirs
To rouse a lion than to start a hare!

Fortune knows,
We scorn her most, when most she offers blows.

And her sunny locks
Hang on her temples like a golden fleece.

But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd,
Than that which with'ring on the virgin thorn
Grows, lives and dies in single blessedness.

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