โHow art thou out of breath when thou hast breath to say to me that thou art out of breath?โ
โI wish my horse had the speed of your tongue.โ
โDo you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak.โ
โI had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.โ
โI can see that heโs not in your good books,โ said the messenger. โNo, and if he were I would burn my library.โ
โGod has given you one face, and you make yourself another.โ
โMisery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.โ
โHe that loves to be flattered is worthy oโ the flatterer.โ
โLife is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.โ
โMaids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.โ
โO thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.โ
โLord, what fools these mortals be!โ
โI will praise any man that will praise me.โ
โMy pride fell with my fortunes.โ
โBetter a witty fool than a foolish wit.โ
โIs it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?โ
โI dote on his very absence.โ
โThereโs many a man has more hair than wit.โ
โCowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.โ
โA fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.โ
Shakespeareโs famous quotes about love
โI would not wish any companion in the world but you.โ
โSelf-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.โ
โDoubt thou the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.โ
โI am one who loved not wisely but too well.โ
โA young woman in love always looks like patience on a monument smiling at grief.โ
โMy 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.โ
โThey do not love that do not show their love.โ
โI love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.โ
โLove is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake.โ
โShall I compare thee to a summerโs day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.โ
โLove all, trust a few, do wrong to none.โ
โKindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.โ
โLove looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.โ
โDo not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. Then your love would also change.โ
โIf music be the food of love, play on.โ
โLove is too young to know what conscience is.โ
โDid my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I neโer saw true beauty till this night.โ
โDonโt waste your love on somebody, who doesnโt value it.โ
โAnd yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays.โ
โLove is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.โ
โIn black ink my love may still shine bright.โ
โLove alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of doom.โ
โSee how she leans her cheek upon her hand. O, that I were a glove upon that hand that I might touch that cheek!โ
โThe course of true love never did run smooth.โ
โLove sought is good, but given unsought, is better.โ
โFor which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?โ
โSpeak low, if you speak love.โ
โLove comforteth like sunshine after rain.โ
โGood night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.โ
โSo long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this and this gives life to thee.โ
Best Shakespeare Quotes
โBe not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.โ
โWe know what we are, but know not what we may be.โ
โSweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.โ
โOur doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.โ
โGive every man thy ear, but few thy voice.โ
โUneasy lies the head that wears the crown.โ
โHow poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?โ
โNothing can come of nothing.โ
โHow far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.โ
โWhatโs done canโt be undone.โ
โThough she be but little, she is fierce.โ
โNo legacy is so rich as honesty.โ
โThis above all; to thine own self be true.โ
โI wasted time, and now doth time waste me.โ
โThe robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.โ
โThe devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.โ
โOne touch of nature makes the whole world kin.โ
โWhat is past is prologue.โ
โSmall cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.โ
โSweet mercy is nobilityโs true badge.โ
Shakespeare Quotes About Humanity
โWhat a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god!โ โ Hamlet
โTo be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether โtis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troublesโ โ Hamlet
โAll the worldโs 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 partsโ โ As You Like It
โWhatโs in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweetโ โ Romeo and Juliet
โThe fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlingsโ โ Julius Caesar
โThe web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill togetherโ โ Allโs Well That Ends Well
โAs flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; They kill us for their sportโ โ King Lear
โLove looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blindโ โ A Midsummer Nightโs Dream
โWhatโs done cannot be undoneโ โ Macbeth
โThere is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it soโ โ Hamlet
โThe course of true love never did run smoothโ โ A Midsummer Nightโs Dream
โThere is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseriesโ โ Julius Caesar
โThis 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 manโ โ Hamlet
โBetter a witty fool than a foolish witโ โ Twelfth Night
โThe miserable have no other medicine But only hopeโ โ Measure for Measure
โCowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but onceโ โ Julius Caesar
โThe quality of mercy is not strainโd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takesโ โ The Merchant of Venice
โWe know what we are, but know not what we may beโ โ Hamlet
โThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophyโ โ Hamlet
โTo thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any manโ โ Hamlet