Shakespeare’s Iconic Quotes – Unforgettable Phrases That Transcend Time

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

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

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

Life’s but a walking shadow. – Macbeth

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

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

All the world’s a stage. – As You Like It

Cowards die many times before their deaths. – Julius Caesar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The lady doth protest too much, methinks. – Hamlet

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

What’s past is prologue. – The Tempest

Shakespeare’s Iconic Quotes – Unforgettable Phrases That Transcend Time part 2

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. – Hamlet

Goodnight, goodnight! Parting is such sweet sorrow. – Romeo and Juliet

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound. – Henry V

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

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. – As You Like It

Love is merely a madness. – As You Like It

The better part of valor is discretion. – Henry IV, Part 1

It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. – Macbeth

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

Brevity is the soul of wit. – Hamlet

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. – Hamlet

Give me my Romeo, and, when he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars. – Romeo and Juliet

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

What’s done cannot be undone. – Macbeth

If we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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

The love of heaven makes one heavenly. – Love’s Labour’s Lost

We know what we are, but know not what we may be. – Hamlet

Nothing will come of nothing. – King Lear

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. – All’s Well That Ends Well

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. – Measure for Measure

The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness. – Henry V

There is no darkness but ignorance. – Twelfth Night

My love is thine to teach. Teach it but how, and thou shalt see how apt it is to learn. – Two Gentlemen of Verona

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

I would give all my fame for a pot of ale. – Henry V