William Shakespeare is known as the world’s greatest playwright. In Venns and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, he put his great craftsmanship and rich imagination. He became a famous writer with The Sonnets, published in 1609.
Here we listed best William Shakespeare quotes for you
‘“No legacy is so rich as honesty.” ‘
‘“Words without thoughts never to heaven go.” ‘
‘“Though she be but little, she is fierce.” ‘
‘“Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. Then your love would also change.” ‘
‘“What’s done can’t be undone.”’
‘“Boldness be my friend.” ‘
‘“How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.”’
‘“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”’
‘“Nothing can come of nothing.”’
‘“Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.” ‘
‘“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”’
‘“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”’
‘“Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.”’
‘“Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.”’
‘“If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.”’
‘“I would not wish any companion in the world but you.”’
‘“What is past is prologue.”’
‘“He jests at scars that never felt a wound.”’
‘“All that glisters is not gold.”’
‘“Men should be what they seem.” ‘
‘”Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise”‘
‘“In time we hate that which we often fear.” ‘
‘”We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”‘
‘“Talking isn’t doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.” ‘
‘“The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?” ‘
‘“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” ‘
‘“Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge.”’
‘Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.”’
‘“Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.” ‘
‘“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.”’
‘“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”’
‘“Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake.”’
‘“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”’
‘“Expectation is the root of all heartache.” ‘
‘The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.”’
‘“Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.”’
‘“The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.”’
‘“Neither a borrower nor a lender be.”’
‘“I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.”’
‘‘Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.”’
‘“This above all; to thine own self be true.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.”’
‘“To be, or not to be: that is the question.”’
‘“They do not love that do not show their love.”’
‘“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.”’
‘“Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.” ‘
‘“And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.” ‘
‘“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.”’
‘“Such as we are made of, such we be.” ‘
‘“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.”’
‘“A young woman in love always looks like patience on a monument smiling at grief.”’
‘“When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.”’
‘“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.”’
‘“Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.”’
‘“Thought is free.”’
‘“Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.” ‘
‘“I am one who loved not wisely but too well.”’
‘“The Devil hath power to assume a pleasing shape.” ‘
‘“Doubt thou the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.”’
‘“For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; lillies that fester smell far worse than weeds.”’
‘“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.”’
‘“Many a true word hath been spoken in jest.”’
‘“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.”’
‘“Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.” ‘
‘“All things are ready, if our mind be so.”’
‘“Be great in act, as you have been in thought.” ‘
‘“Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.”’
‘“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”’
‘“Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” ‘
‘“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-ey’d monster, which doth mock the meat it feeds on.”’
‘“The fault…is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”’
‘”Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me.” ‘
‘“Conscience doth make cowards of us all.”’
‘“Words are easy, like the wind; faithful friends are hard to find.” ‘
‘“One may smile, and smile, be a villain.” ‘
‘“I bear a charmed life.”’
‘“Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up o-er wrought heart and bids it break.”’
‘“Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.”’
‘“Brevity is the soul of wit.”’
‘“So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this and this gives life to thee.”’
‘“My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.”’
‘“And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.”’
‘“I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.”’
‘“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.” ‘
‘“The course of true love never did run smooth.”’
‘“Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.” ‘
‘“See how she leans her cheek upon her hand. O, that I were a glove upon that hand that I might touch that cheek!” ‘
‘“There’s many a man has more hair than wit.”’
‘“Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of doom.”’
‘“I dote on his very absence.” ‘
‘“In black ink my love may still shine bright.” ‘
‘“Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?”’
‘“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.”’
‘“Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.” ‘
‘“I will praise any man that will praise me.”’
‘“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.”’
‘“Lord, what fools these mortals be!” ‘
‘“And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays.” ‘
‘“Speak low, if you speak love.”’
‘“Don’t waste your love on somebody, who doesn’t value it.” ‘
‘“For which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?” ‘
‘“Love is too young to know what conscience is.”’
‘“Do thou but close our hands with holy words, Then love-devouring death do what he dare; It is enough I may but call her mine.”’
‘“Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.” ‘
‘“Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.”’
‘“God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.”’
‘“Young men’s love then lies Not truly in their hearts but in their eyes.”’
‘“‘I can see that he’s not in your good books,’ said the messenger. ‘No, and if he were I would burn my library.”‘
‘“Lovers can do their amorous rites by their own beauties.”’
‘“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.”’
‘“Alas, that love, so gentle in his view, Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof.”’
‘“Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak.” ‘
‘“This bud of love by summer’s ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.”’
‘“I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue.”’
‘“Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.”’
‘“How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath to say to me that thou art out of breath?”’
‘“He that loves to be flattered is worthy o’ the flatterer.” ‘
‘“I am not bound to please thee with my answer.”’
‘“Love is begun by time, And time qualifies the spark and fire of it.”’
‘“Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt the sun doth move, Doubt truth to be a liar but never doubt thy love.”’
‘“Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear; when little fears grow great, great love grows there.”’
‘“Don’t waste your love on somebody, who doesn’t value it.”’
‘“Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books, But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.”’
‘“O, swear not by the moon, th’ inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.”’
‘“With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls, For stony limits cannot hold love out.”’
‘“Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is!”’
‘“Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet.”’
‘“When you depart from me sorrow abides, and happiness takes his leave.” ‘
‘“O love, be moderate. Allay thy ecstasy. In measure rein thy joy.”’
‘“Love goes by haps; Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.”’
‘“But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit.”’
‘“Love’s stories written in love’s richest books. To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes.”’
‘“Love me! Why, it must be requited.”’
‘“I’ll follow thee and make a heaven of hell, To die upon the hand I love so well.”’
‘“Her passions are made of nothing but the finest part of pure love.”’
‘“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”’
‘“Suffer love,–a good epithet! I do suffer love indeed, for I love thee against my will.”’
‘“The course of true love never did run smooth.”’
‘“I would not wish Any companion in the world but you: Nor can imagination form a shape Besides yourself to like of.”’
‘“Love is like a child, That longs for everything it can come by.”’
‘“Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.” ‘
‘“Oh, love’s best habit is in seeming trust, And age in love loves not to have years told.”’
‘“Thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings.” ‘
‘“Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken.”’
‘“O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this sound And crown what I profess with kind event If I speak true! If hollowly, invert What best is boded me to mischief! I Beyond all limit of what else i’ th’ world Do love, prize, honor you.”’
‘“Love is a spirit all compact of fire.”’
‘“They are in the very wrath of love, and they will go together. Clubs cannot part them.” ‘
‘“My love’s more richer than my tongue.” ‘
‘“A heart to love, and in that heart, Courage, to make’s love known.” ‘
‘“Love hath made thee a tame snake.” ‘
‘“To be wise, and love, Exceeds man’s might.”’
‘“Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until his ink were tempered with Love’s sighs.”’
‘“Down on your knees, And thank Heaven, fasting, for a good man’s love.” ‘