William Shakespeare Quotes

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.
William Shakespeare

Thief, Smiles, Robbed

By that sin fell the angels.
William Shakespeare

Angels, Sin, Fell

Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.
William Shakespeare

Faith, Great, Men

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
William Shakespeare

Child, Tooth, Serpent

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.
William Shakespeare

Done, Joy, Soul

What's done can't be undone.
William Shakespeare

To do a great right do a little wrong.
William Shakespeare

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.
William Shakespeare

What is past is prologue.
William Shakespeare

Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.
William Shakespeare

Heart, Words, Matter

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.
William Shakespeare

Enjoy, Content, Seldom

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.
William Shakespeare

Him, Show, Himself

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.
William Shakespeare

Gods, Flies, Wanton

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.
William Shakespeare

Love, Makes, Heaven

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.
William Shakespeare

Yourself, Hot, Heat

There is no darkness but ignorance.
William Shakespeare

Ignorance, Darkness

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
William Shakespeare

Dream, Shadow, Ambitious

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.
William Shakespeare

Words, Vain, Seldom

For I can raise no money by vile means.
William Shakespeare

Money, Means, Vile

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
William Shakespeare

Fall, Rise, Virtue

He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.
William Shakespeare

Thinks, Round, Giddy

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.
William Shakespeare

Good, Men, Poor

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
William Shakespeare

Wise, Doubt, Modest

Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.
William Shakespeare

Made, Lady, Teach

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
William Shakespeare

Sympathy, Single, Sorrows

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Dramatist

Born: April 26, 1564

Died: April 23, 1616

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