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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The moon, methinks, looks with a wat’ry eye,
And when she weeps, weeps every little flower,
Lamenting some enforcèd chastity.

The moon, methinks, looks with a watery eye,
And when she weeps, weeps every little flower,
Lamenting some enforcèd chastity.

I am not merry; but I do beguile
The thing I am by seeming otherwise.

Othello (1603)

Anger's my meat; I sup upon myself,
And so shall starve with feeding.

I am not of that feather to shake off
My friend when he must need me.

'Tis much he dares;
And, to that dauntless temper of his mind,
He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour
To act in safety.

Macbeth (1605)

Here I and sorrows sit:
Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it.

King John (1598)

Have stooped my neck under your injuries
And sighed my English breath in foreign clouds,
Eating the bitter bread of banishment.

Richard II (1595)

"I am a gentleman." I'll be sworn thou art;
Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions and spirit,
Do give thee five-fold blazon.

My tongue's use is to me no more
Than an unstringed viol or a harp.

Richard III (1591)

Look, he's winding up the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

Plant neighborhood and Christian-like accord
In their sweet bosoms.

Henry V (1599)

Saint Valentine is past;
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?

There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple:
If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with't.

Merciful Heaven,
Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt
Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak
Than the soft myrtle.

Measure for Measure (1603)

Why, then, the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.

His overthrow heap'd happiness upon him;
For then, and not till then, he felt himself,
And found the blessedness of being little.

Henry VIII (1613)

They had been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps.

O, give me thy hand,
One writ with me in sour misfortune's book.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

What need we any spur but our own cause,
To prick us to redress?

Julius Cæsar (1599)

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