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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Of Nature's gifts thou may'st with lilies boast
And with the half-blown rose.

King John (1598)

The little dogs and all,
Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart, see, they bark at me.

King Lear (1608)

Now sit we close about this taper here,
And call in question our necessities.

Julius Cæsar (1599)

I'll never
Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand,
As if a man were author of himself
And knew no other kin.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

King Lear (1608)

I have no other but a woman's reason
I think him so because I think him so.

All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told;
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold.

Though I am not splenitive and rash,
Yet have I something in me dangerous.

There's ne'er a villain dwelling in all Denmark
But he's an arrant knave.

It is the part of men to fear and tremble,
When the most mighty gods by tokens send
Such dreadful heralds to astonish us.

Julius Cæsar (1599)

Had I but serv'd my God with half the zeal
I serv'd my king, He would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine enemies.

Henry VIII (1613)

Bold of your worthiness, we single you
As our best-moving fair solicitor.

So every bondman in his own hand bears
The power to cancel his captivity.

Julius Cæsar (1599)

Believe me, lords, my tender years can tell
Civil dissension is a viperous worm
That gnaws the bowels of the commonwealth.

I do believe,
Induced by potent circumstances, that
You are mine enemy; and make my challenge
You shall not be my judge.

Henry VIII (1613)

One, whose subdu'd eyes,
Albeit unused to the melting mood,
Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees
Their medicinal gum.

Othello (1603)

Like Patience gazing on kings' graves, and smiling
Extremity out of act.

Sir, you are very welcome to our house:
It must appear in other ways than words,
Therefore I scant this breathing courtesy.

I shall show the cinders of my spirits
Through the ashes of my chance.

I cannot but remember such things were,
That were most precious to me.

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