William Shakespeare Quotes on Wisdom

23 quotes by William Shakespeare on the subject of wisdom, collected from across the QuotePlace library. If you came looking for William Shakespeare's thinking on wisdom specifically, rather than everything William Shakespeare ever said, this is the page. About the author: William Shakespeare (1564–1616) — Playwright and poet.

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. — William Shakespeare
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
William Shakespeare
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. — William Shakespeare
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. — William Shakespeare
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
William Shakespeare
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. — William Shakespeare
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
William Shakespeare
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