Shakespeare Quotes: Insights into the Master of Words
To be or not to be, that is the question. – Hamlet
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. – All’s Well That Ends Well
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. – As You Like It
The course of true love never did run smooth. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
This above all: to thine own self be true. – Hamlet
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. – Twelfth Night
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. – Julius Caesar
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. – The Tempest
There is no darkness but ignorance. – Twelfth Night
All that glitters is not gold. – The Merchant of Venice
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. – Romeo and Juliet
The better part of valor is discretion. – Henry IV, Part 1
The lady doth protest too much, methinks. – Hamlet
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves. – Julius Caesar
Though she be but little, she is fierce. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The course of true love never did run smooth. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow. – Romeo and Juliet
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. – Hamlet
If music be the food of love, play on. – Twelfth Night
What’s past is prologue. – The Tempest
Love is blind, and lovers cannot see. – The Merchant of Venice
Brevity is the soul of wit. – Hamlet
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. – As You Like It
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. – Julius Caesar
Parting is such sweet sorrow. – Romeo and Juliet
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain. – Richard II
We know what we are, but know not what we may be. – Hamlet
What’s done is done. – Macbeth
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. – Twelfth Night
But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue. – Hamlet
The weight of this sad time we must obey; speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. – King Lear
Love is a smoke and is made with the fume of sighs. – Romeo and Juliet
The love of heaven makes one heavenly. – Love’s Labour’s Lost
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. – The Merchant of Venice
I would give all my fame for a pot of ale, and safety. – Henry V
This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortuneoften the surfeit of our own behaviorwe make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars; as if we were villains on necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion. – King Lear
I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it. – As You Like It
O, it is excellent to have a giants strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. – Measure for Measure
With loves light wings did I oerperch these walls; for stony limits cannot hold love out, and what love can do, that dares love attempt. – Romeo and Juliet
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. – Richard II
That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet. – Romeo and Juliet
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another. – Hamlet
Ill speak in a monstrous little voice. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. – Measure for Measure
Listen to many, speak to a few. – Hamlet
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. – Henry IV, Part 2
Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. – Twelfth Night
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor mens cottages princes palaces. – The Merchant of Venice
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! – Sir Walter Scott (oftenattributed as a Shakespeare quote)