Shakespeare Quotes

To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
William Shakespeare
Hamlet, 3:1

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow.
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, 2:2

Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night, 2:5


To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
William Shakespeare
Macbeth, 5:5

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
William Shakespeare
Hamlet, 1:5

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,
His acts being seven ages.
William Shakespeare
As You Like It, 2:7

All that glisters is not gold.
William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice, 2:7

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar, 2:2

The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar, 3:2

Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
William Shakespeare
The Tempest 4:1

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
William Shakespeare
Sonnet 18

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night, 3:1

Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs.
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes.
Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears.
What is it else? a madness most discreet,
A choking gall and a preserving sweet.
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, 1:1

They do not love that do not show their love.
William Shakespeare
Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1:2

The course of true love never did run smooth.
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1:2

If music be the food of love, play on.
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night, 1:1

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1:1

Is love a tender thing? it is too rough,
Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, 1:4

Hear my soul speak:
The very instant that I saw you, did
My heart fly to your service.
William Shakespeare
The Tempest, 3:1

Love is like a child,
That longs for everything it can come by.
William Shakespeare
Two Gentlemen of Verona, 3:1