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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O, that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth!
Then with a passion would I shake the world.

King John (1598)

Here's my hand.
And mine, with my heart in't: and now farewell,
Till half an hour hence.

Heaven bless thee!
Thou hast the sweetest face I ever looked on;
Sir, as I have a soul, she is an angel.

Henry VIII (1613)

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.

Zounds! I was never so bethump'd with words
Since I first call'd my brother's father dad.

King John (1598)

O! good my lord, no Latin;
I'm not such a truant since my coming,
As not to know the language I have liv'd in.

Henry VIII (1613)

Think you I bear the shears of destiny?
Have I commandment on the pulse of life?

King John (1598)

O, would the deed were good!
For now the devil, that told me I did well,
Says that this deed is chronicled in hell.

Richard II (1595)

We have no such daughter, nor shall ever see
That face of her again. Therefore begone
Without our grace, our love, our benizon.

King Lear (1608)

God's soldier be he!
Had I as many sons as I have hairs,
I would not wish them to a fairer death:
And so his knell is knoll'd.

Macbeth (1605)

I will with patience hear, and find a time
Both meet to hear and answer such high things.
Till then, my noble friend, chew upon this.

Julius Cæsar (1599)

God mark thee to his grace!
Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed:
An I might live to see thee married once,
I have my wish.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

From this moment,
The very firstlings of my heart shall be
The firstlings of my hand. And even now,
To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done.

And have not we affections,
Desires for sport, and frailty, as men have?
Then let them use us well: else let them know,
The ills we do, their ills instruct us so.

Othello (1603)

To sleep! perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause.

Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted color off,
And let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark.
Do not be forever with thy vailed lids
Seek for thy noble father in the dust:
Thou know'st tis common; all that lives must die,
Passing through nature to eternity.

Fear not, my lord, I'll play the orator
As if the golden fee for which I plead
Were for myself.

Richard III (1591)

Thou thought'st to help me; and such thanks I give
As one near death to those that wish him live.

Call you that backing of your friends? A plague upon such backing! give me them that will face me.

Bleed, bleed, poor country!
Great Tyranny! lay thou thy basis sure,
For goodness dares not check thee!

Macbeth (1605)

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