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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Ye gods, it doth amaze me,
A man of such a feeble temper should
So get the start of the majestic world,
And bear the palm alone.

Julius Cæsar (1599)

If I had a thunderbolt in mine eye,
I can tell who should down.

I may speak it to my shame,
I have a truant been to chivalry.

Trust me, sweet,
Out of this silence yet I pick'd a welcome.

When I am in my coach, which stays for us
At the park gate.

This is the night
That either makes me or fordoes me quite.

Othello (1603)

I have shot mine arrow o'er the house
And hurt my brother.

Most fair,
Will you vouchsafe to teach a soldier terms
Such as will enter at a lady's ear
And plead his love-suit to her gentle heart?

Henry V (1599)

I see my reputation is at stake:
My fame is shewdly gor'd.

Troilus and Cressida (1602)

They may seize
On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

He is a soldier fit to stand by Cæsar
And give direction.

Othello (1603)

In Nature's infinite book of secrecy
A little I can read.

And then they called me foul adulteress,
Lascivious Goth.

He will steal himself into a man's favour and for a week escape a great deal of discoveries; but when you find him out, you have him ever after.

It is a basilisk unto mine eye,
Kills me to look on't.

Cymbeline (1611)

Come to my woman’s breasts,
And take my milk for gall.

Report me and my cause aright
To the unsatisfied.

Thou villain base,
Know'st me not by my clothes?

Cymbeline (1611)

Birth-strangled babe,
Ditch-deliver’d by a drab.

Macbeth (1606)

No, no, no life!
Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life,
And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more,
Never, never, never, never, never!

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