William Shakespeare

Playwright Poet English 1564 – 1616

English playwright and poet, author of 37 plays and 154 sonnets.

392 quotes

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
"The course of true love never did run smooth."
Love
"All that glisters is not gold."
Wisdom
"Cowards die many times before their deaths."
Courage
"This above all: to thine own self be true."
"Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps."
Love
"The rest is silence."
Death
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
Truth
"To thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day."
"If music be the food of love, play on."
Music
"How poor are they that have not patience!"
Patience
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
Kindness
"The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together."
Life
"Brevity is the soul of wit."
Humor
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
"Parting is such sweet sorrow."
Love
"Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest."
Wisdom
"All things are ready, if our minds be so."
"The quality of mercy is not strained."
"What's past is prologue."
History
"A man can smile and smile and be a villain."
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
Power
"The better part of valor is discretion."
Wisdom
"Frailty, thy name is woman."
"When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain?"
"Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and caldron bubble."
"Out, damned spot! Out, I say!"
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day."
Time
"Is this a dagger which I see before me?"