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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You rub the sore,
When you should bring the plaster.

The spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes.

I have offended reputation,
A most unnoble swerving.

I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety.

Henry V (1599)

Welcome ever smiles,
And farewell goes out sighing.

Troilus and Cressida (1602)

See that you come
Not to woo honour, but to wed it.

The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

Spirits are not finely touched
But to fine issues.

Measure for Measure (1603)

O, the more angel she,
And you the blacker devil!

Othello (1603)

Mean and mighty, rotting
Together, have one dust.

Cymbeline (1611)

Praising what is lost
Makes the remembrance dear.

For he's honourable
And doubling that, most holy.

Cymbeline (1611)

To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.

Henry VIII (1613)

My sword should shed hot blood, mine eyes no tears.

For her own person,
It beggar'd all description.

Purposes mistook
Fall'n on the inventors' heads.

Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.

Macbeth (1605)

Full bravely hast thou flesh’d
Thy maiden sword.

Our strong arms be our conscience, swords our law.

Let none presume
To wear an undeserved dignity.

Attribution

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