Quotes by Shakespeare

To be or not to be, that is the question. – Hamlet

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. – As You Like It

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The course of true love never did run smooth. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. – All’s Well That Ends Well

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. – Romeo and Juliet

We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. – The Tempest

This above all: to thine own self be true. – Hamlet

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. – Twelfth Night

The quality of mercy is not strained. – The Merchant of Venice

Brevity is the soul of wit. – Hamlet

What’s done is done. – Macbeth

Though she be but little, she is fierce. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. – Julius Caesar

All that glitters is not gold. – The Merchant of Venice

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. – Julius Caesar

The lady doth protest too much, methinks. – Hamlet

What’s past is prologue. – The Tempest

Quotes by Shakespeare part 2

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. – Julius Caesar

I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed. – William Shakespeare

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. – Romeo and Juliet

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. – Troilus and Cressida

This is the excellent foppery of the world. – King Lear

Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me. – Antony and Cleopatra

Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast. – Romeo and Juliet

With mirth and laughter, let old wrinkles come. – The Merchant of Venice

If music be the food of love, play on. – Twelfth Night

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting. – Henry V

Hell is empty and all the devils are here. – The Tempest

What’s to come is still unsure. – Macbeth

This is the very ecstasy of love. – Hamlet

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. – Twelfth Night

They do not love that do not show their love. – The Two Gentlemen of Verona

We are such stuff as dreams are made on. – The Tempest

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win by fearing to attempt. – Measure for Measure

If you prick us, do we not bleed? – The Merchant of Venice

I bear a charmed life. – Macbeth

In time we hate that which we often fear. – Antony and Cleopatra

If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work. – Henry IV, Part 1

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. – Hamlet

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves. – Julius Caesar

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet. – Romeo and Juliet

One may smile, and smile, and be a villain. – Hamlet

Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds. – Sonnet 116

I am one who loved not wisely but too well. – Othello