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William Shakespeare Quotes
- "A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
- "A friend i'the court is better than a penny in purse."
- "A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age."
- "A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser."
- "Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment."
- "Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!"
- "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."
- "Ambition should be made of sterner stuff."
- "An overflow of good converts to bad."
- "And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse."
- "And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything."
- "As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport."
- "As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him."
- "As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words."
- "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."
- "Beauty is all very well at first sight; but whoever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?"
- "Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery."
- "Better a witty fool than a foolish wit."
- "Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."
- "Boldness be my friend."
- "Brevity is the soul of wit."
- "But men are men; the best sometimes forget."
- "But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes."
- "By that sin fell the angels."
- "Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong." "
- "Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness."
- "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."
- "Death is a fearful thing."
- "Desire of having is the sin of covetousness."
- "Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct."
- "Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above."
- "Expectation is the root of all heartache."
- "Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them."
- "False face must hide what the false heart doth know."
- "Farewell, fair cruelty."
- "Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones."
- "For I can raise no money by vile means."
- "For my part, it was Greek to me."
- "Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered."
- "Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice."
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