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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I'll put a girdle round about the earth
In forty minutes.

Fortune is merry,
And in this mood will give us anything.

Julius Cæsar (1599)

That orbed continent the fire
That severs day from night.

He has been bred i’ th’ wars
Since he could draw a sword.

* Peace,
Dear nurse of arts, plenties and joyful births.

Henry V (1599)

They are as gentle
As zephyrs blowing below the violet.

Cymbeline (1611)

Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.

Macbeth (1605)

More water glideth by the mill
Than wots the miller of.

Persuade me not; I will make a Star-chamber matter of it.

I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.

Measure for Measure (1603)

While the grass grows—
The proverb is something musty.

It will let in and out the enemy
With bag and baggage.

O, that deceit should dwell
In such a gorgeous palace!

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

Cupid is a knavish lad,
Thus to make poor females mad.

What's gone and what's past help
Should be past grief.

That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume.

Hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear.

Julius Cæsar (1599)

She sat like patience on a monument
Smiling at grief.

* * * few things loves better
Than to abhor himself.

If I should marry him, I should marry twenty husbands.

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