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 so he'll die; and, rising so again,
When I shall meet him in the court of heaven
I shall not know him.

King John (1598)

Can such things be,
And overcome us like a summer's cloud,
Without our special wonder?

Macbeth (1605)

There I throw my gage,
To prove it on thee to the extremest point
Of mortal breathing.

Richard II (1595)

I know myself now; and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities;
A still and quiet conscience.

Henry VIII (1613)

How far your eyes may pierce, I cannot tell;
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

King Lear (1608)

Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast,
Which thou wilt propagate, to have it prest
With more of thine.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

I am your host;
With robbers' hands my hospitable favours
You should not ruffle thus.

King Lear (1608)

Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth
And delves the parallels in beauty's brow.

Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnished me
From mine own library with volumes that
I prize above my dukedom.

I must have liberty
Withal, as large a charter as the wind,
To blow on whom I please.

That deep torture may be called a hell,
When more is felt than one hath power to tell.

If we do meet again, we'll smile indeed;
If not, 'tis true this parting was well made.

Julius Cæsar (1599)

My will enkindled by mine eyes and ears,
Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores
Of will and judgment.

Troilus and Cressida (1602)

The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.

Macbeth (1605)

If she deny to wed, I'll crave the day
When I shall ask the banns and when be married.

I would that I were low laid in my grave;
I am not worth this coil that's made for me.

King John (1598)

Our courteous Antony,
* * * * * *
Being barber'd ten times o'er, goes to the feast.

I will go wash;
And when my face is fair, you shall perceive
Whether I blush or no.

They look into the beauty of thy mind,
And that, in guess, they measure by thy deeds.

In thy face
I see thy fury: if I longer stay
We shall begin our ancient bickerings.

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