William Shakespeare Quotes

William Shakespeare (Playwright and poet, 1564 – 1616). Below are 36 quotes by William Shakespeare from QuotePlace, each as a portrait card.

Playwright and poet · 1564 – 1616

English playwright and poet, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language; author of Hamlet and Macbeth.

Quotes by William Shakespeare

1.The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
2.Brevity is the soul of wit.
3.Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
4.Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
5.Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
6.The course of true love never did run smooth.
7.All that glitters is not gold.
8.Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
9.How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.
10.Having nothing, nothing can he lose.
11.He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.
12.Speak low, if you speak love.
13.Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
14.Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
15.How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
16.God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
17.Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.
18.We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
19.All the world is a stage, And all the men and women merely players.They have their exits and entrances; Each man in his time plays many parts.
20.To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
21.It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
22.There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
23.To be, or not to be: that is the question.
24.How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
25.What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
26.This above all: to thine own self be true.
27.Parting is such sweet sorrow.
28.Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.
29.Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
30.There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
31.Love is merely a madness.
32.When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.
33.Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
34.Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
35.We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.
36.Sweet are the uses of adversity.

William Shakespeare Quote Gallery

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. — William Shakespeare
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. — William Shakespeare
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. — William Shakespeare
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
William Shakespeare
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. — William Shakespeare
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.
William Shakespeare
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
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. — William Shakespeare
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.
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
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. — William Shakespeare
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.
William Shakespeare
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