William Shakespeare Quotes

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
William Shakespeare

Trust, Love, Wrong

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
William Shakespeare

Wise, Fool, Himself

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare

Great, Greatness, Born

Expectation is the root of all heartache.
William Shakespeare

Heartache, Root

If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
William Shakespeare

Revenge, Laugh, Die

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

Time, Women, Men

If music be the food of love, play on.
William Shakespeare

Music, Love, Food

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

Life, Nothing, Idiot

William Shakespeare Quote

The wheel is come full circle.
William Shakespeare

Full, Circle, Wheel

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
William Shakespeare

God, Yourself, Another

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
William Shakespeare

Hell, Here, Empty

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
William Shakespeare

True, Self, Night

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
William Shakespeare

Future, Destiny, Stars

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
William Shakespeare

Knowledge, God, Ignorance

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
William Shakespeare

Love, Snow, Fire

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
William Shakespeare

Three, Late, Soon

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare

Death, Die, Before

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.
William Shakespeare

Love, Self, Absence

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.
William Shakespeare

Father's Day, Father, Laugh

The course of true love never did run smooth.
William Shakespeare

Love, True, Run

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
William Shakespeare

Nature, Life, Good

Listen to many, speak to a few.
William Shakespeare

Speak, Few, Listen

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
William Shakespeare

Fool, Foolish, Witty

A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.
William Shakespeare

Peace, Nature, Loser

Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.
William Shakespeare

New Year's, Hope, Down

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Dramatist

Born: April 26, 1564

Died: April 23, 1616

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