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66 Quotes by William Shakespeare (Author of Romeo and Juliet)

William Shakespeare (born 26 April 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom – died 23 April 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom) was a well known English poet, playwright and actor. Famous for plays such as, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet and many many more. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".

It's not enough to speak, but to speak true.
It's not enough to speak, but to speak true.
Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.
Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
We know what we are, but not what we may be.
We know what we are, but not what we may be.
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?
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?
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
Nothing will come of nothing.
Nothing will come of nothing.
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.
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.
If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.
If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.
Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.
Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.
This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.
Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
To be, or not to be: that is the question.
To be, or not to be: that is the question.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
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.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.
What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me.
If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me.

These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite. Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

William Shakespeare
If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.
If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.
Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.
When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.
Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.
The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope.
The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope.
Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?
Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?

O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father refuse thy name, thou art thyself thou not a montegue, what is montegue? tis nor hand nor foot nor any other part belonging to a man
What is in a name?
That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,
So Romeo would were he not Romeo called retain such dear perfection to which he owes without that title,
Romeo, Doth thy name!
And for that name which is no part of thee, take all thyself.

William Shakespeare
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
To weep is to make less the depth of grief.
To weep is to make less the depth of grief.
You speak an infinite deal of nothing.
You speak an infinite deal of nothing.
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.
My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.
By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.
By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
I am not bound to please thee with my answer.
I am not bound to please thee with my answer.
I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.
I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.

When I got enough confidence, the stage was gone. When I was sure of losing, I won. When I needed people the most, they left me. When I learnt to dry my tears, I found a shoulder to cry on. And when I mastered the art of hating, somebody started loving me.

William Shakespeare
My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy.
My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy.
To die, to sleep - To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub, For in this sleep of death what dreams may come.
To die, to sleep - To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub, For in this sleep of death what dreams may come.
Never play with the feelings of others, because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for life time.
Never play with the feelings of others, because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for life time.
If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.
If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.
Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.
Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.
All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold: Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold: Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever,- One foot in sea and one on shore, To one thing constant never.
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever,- One foot in sea and one on shore, To one thing constant never.
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And too often is his gold complexion dimm'd:
And every fair from fair sometimes declines,
By chance or natures changing course untrimm'd;
By thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

William Shakespeare
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
Listen to many, speak to a few.
Listen to many, speak to a few.
To do a great right do a little wrong.
To do a great right do a little wrong.
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
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