Shakespeare Quotes

Shakespeare

A selection of Shakespeare Quotes and quotations.

William Shakespeare was a poet and playwright in the 16th century. He's considered as the greatest writer of the English language.

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  1. We are advertis'd by our loving friends.
  2. I have Immortal longings in me. - "Antony and Cleopatra", Act 5, Scene 2
  3. Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed. - "Othello", Act 3, Scene 3
  4. Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't. - "Hamlet", Act 2, Scene 2
  5. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. - "Macbeth", Act 4, Scene 1
  6. How my achievements mock me! - "Troilus and Cressida", Act 4
  7. Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
  8. O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day! - "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", Act 1, Scene 3
  9. We do not keep the outward form of order, where there is deep disorder in the mind.
  10. Brevity is the soul of wit. - "Hamlet", Act 2, Scene 2
  11. And many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak. - "King Henry VI", 03 Act 2, Scene 1
  12. By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. Open, locks, Whoever knocks! - "Macbeth", Act 4, Scene 1
  13. Assume a virtue, if you have it not. - "Hamlet", Act 3, Scene 4
  14. They say, best men are moulded out of faults, And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad. - "Measure for Measure", Act 5, Scene 1
  15. Every man has his fault, and honesty is his. - "Timon of Athens", Act 3, Scene 1
  16. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the apparel oft proclaims the man. - "Hamlet", Act I, Scene 3
  17. The end crowns all, And that old common arbitrator, Time, Will one day end it. - "Troilus and Cressida", Act 4, Scene 5
  18. Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.
  19. No legacy is so rich as honesty. - "All's Well that Ends Well", Act 3, Scene 5
  20. Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. - "Julius Caesar", Act 2, Scene 2
  21. Et tu, Brute! - "Julius Caesar", Act 3, Scene 1
  22. 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... - "As You Like It", Act 2, Scene 7
  23. The king's name is a tower of strength. - "King Richard III", Act 5, Scene 3
  24. So wise so young, they say, do never live long. - "King Richard III", Act 3, Scene 2
  25. They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps. - "Love's Labour's Lost", Act 5, Scene 1

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