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| William Shakespeare Quotes |
Though Shakespeare do not got much appreciation through his lifetime, but the praise for his works came from 19th century and his work is now widely acknowledged. Here I have tried compile down some of William Shakespeare quotes, hope you will like.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
William Shakespeare
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.
William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
William Shakespeare
An overflow of good converts to bad.
William Shakespeare
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
William Shakespeare
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
William Shakespeare
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
William Shakespeare
Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.
William Shakespeare
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare
Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
William Shakespeare
Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.
William Shakespeare
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.
William Shakespeare
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
William Shakespeare
Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.
William Shakespeare
God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.
William Shakespeare
Having nothing, nothing can he lose.
William Shakespeare
He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.
William Shakespeare
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.
William Shakespeare
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
William Shakespeare
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
William Shakespeare
I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too!
William Shakespeare
I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.
William Shakespeare
I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.
William Shakespeare
I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.
William Shakespeare
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
William Shakespeare
I will praise any man that will praise me.
William Shakespeare
If music be the food of love, play on.
William Shakespeare
If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.
William Shakespeare
If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.
William Shakespeare
If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
William Shakespeare
In a false quarrel there is no true valor.
William Shakespeare
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
William Shakespeare
It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.
William Shakespeare
Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
William Shakespeare
Let no such man be trusted.
William Shakespeare
Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
William Shakespeare
Listen to many, speak to a few.
William Shakespeare
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
William Shakespeare
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.
William Shakespeare
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
William Shakespeare
Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.
William Shakespeare
Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.
William Shakespeare
Men shut their doors against a setting sun.
William Shakespeare
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
William Shakespeare
My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.
William Shakespeare
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
William Shakespeare
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
William Shakespeare
Nothing can come of nothing.
William Shakespeare
O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
William Shakespeare
O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!
William Shakespeare
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
William Shakespeare
Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.
William Shakespeare
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
William Shakespeare
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
William Shakespeare
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare
Speak low, if you speak love.
William Shakespeare
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
William Shakespeare
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
William Shakespeare
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
William Shakespeare
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
William Shakespeare
The golden age is before us, not behind us.
William Shakespeare
The love of heaven makes one heavenly.
William Shakespeare
The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.
William Shakespeare
The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.
William Shakespeare
The valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare
There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.
William Shakespeare
There is no darkness but ignorance.
William Shakespeare
There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.
William Shakespeare
There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.
William Shakespeare
They do not love that do not show their love.
William Shakespeare
They say miracles are past.
William Shakespeare
'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.
William Shakespeare
To do a great right do a little wrong.
William Shakespeare
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
William Shakespeare
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
William Shakespeare
We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.
William Shakespeare
Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.
William Shakespeare
What is past is prologue.
William Shakespeare
What's done can't be undone.
William Shakespeare
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
William Shakespeare
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.
William Shakespeare
Women may fall when there's no strength in men.
William Shakespeare
Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.
William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
William Shakespeare
An overflow of good converts to bad.
William Shakespeare
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
William Shakespeare
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
William Shakespeare
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
William Shakespeare
Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.
William Shakespeare
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare
Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
William Shakespeare
Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.
William Shakespeare
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.
William Shakespeare
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
William Shakespeare
Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.
William Shakespeare
God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.
William Shakespeare
Having nothing, nothing can he lose.
William Shakespeare
He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.
William Shakespeare
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.
William Shakespeare
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
William Shakespeare
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
William Shakespeare
I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too!
William Shakespeare
I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.
William Shakespeare
I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.
William Shakespeare
I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.
William Shakespeare
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
William Shakespeare
I will praise any man that will praise me.
William Shakespeare
If music be the food of love, play on.
William Shakespeare
If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.
William Shakespeare
If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.
William Shakespeare
If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
William Shakespeare
In a false quarrel there is no true valor.
William Shakespeare
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
William Shakespeare
It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.
William Shakespeare
Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
William Shakespeare
Let no such man be trusted.
William Shakespeare
Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
William Shakespeare
Listen to many, speak to a few.
William Shakespeare
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
William Shakespeare
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.
William Shakespeare
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
William Shakespeare
Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.
William Shakespeare
Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.
William Shakespeare
Men shut their doors against a setting sun.
William Shakespeare
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
William Shakespeare
My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.
William Shakespeare
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
William Shakespeare
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
William Shakespeare
Nothing can come of nothing.
William Shakespeare
O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
William Shakespeare
O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!
William Shakespeare
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
William Shakespeare
Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.
William Shakespeare
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
William Shakespeare
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
William Shakespeare
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare
Speak low, if you speak love.
William Shakespeare
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
William Shakespeare
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
William Shakespeare
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
William Shakespeare
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
William Shakespeare
The golden age is before us, not behind us.
William Shakespeare
The love of heaven makes one heavenly.
William Shakespeare
The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.
William Shakespeare
The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.
William Shakespeare
The valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare
There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.
William Shakespeare
There is no darkness but ignorance.
William Shakespeare
There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.
William Shakespeare
There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.
William Shakespeare
They do not love that do not show their love.
William Shakespeare
They say miracles are past.
William Shakespeare
'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.
William Shakespeare
To do a great right do a little wrong.
William Shakespeare
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
William Shakespeare
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
William Shakespeare
We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.
William Shakespeare
Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.
William Shakespeare
What is past is prologue.
William Shakespeare
What's done can't be undone.
William Shakespeare
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
William Shakespeare
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.
William Shakespeare
Women may fall when there's no strength in men.
William Shakespeare
Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.
William Shakespeare
