William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon”. His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses. I hope you will enjoy these William Shakespeare quotes about love, life, death, time, hate and beauty.
Best William Shakespeare Quotes
- “We know what we are, but know not what we maybe.” – William Shakespeare
- “Give every man thy ear but few thy voice.” – William Shakespeare
- “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 a lifetime.” – William Shakespeare
- “Thoughts are but dreams till their effects be tried.” – William Shakespeare
- “In thy face, I see the map of honor, truth, and loyalty.” – William Shakespeare
- “Love me or hate me, both are in my favor, if you love me, I’ll always be in your heart, if you hate me, I’ll always be in your mind.” – William Shakespeare
- “I always feel happy, you know why? Because I don’t expect anything from anyone, expectations always hurt. Life is short, so love your life, be happy and keep smiling.” – William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare quotes about life
- “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” – William Shakespeare
- “Have more than you show, speak less than you know.” – William Shakespeare
- “We came into the world like brother and brother; And now let’s go hand in hand, not one before another.” – William Shakespeare
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“In time we hate that which we often fear.” – William Shakespeare
- “Just live for yourself and before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you pray, forgive. Before you hurt, feel. Before you hate, love. Before you quit, try. Before you die, live.” – William Shakespeare
- “To do a great right do a little wrong.” – William Shakespeare
- “There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” – William Shakespeare
- “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.” – William Shakespeare
- “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” – William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare quotes about love
- “Young men love, then lie. Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” – William Shakespeare
- “Always the wrong person gives you the right lesson in life.” – William Shakespeare
- “Women’s weapon, water- drops.” – William Shakespeare
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“Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.” – William Shakespeare
- “Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.” – William Shakespeare
- “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” – William Shakespeare
- “Time is very slow for those who wait. Very fast for those who are scared. Very long for those who celebrate. But for those who love, time is eternal.” – William Shakespeare
- “No legacy is so rich as honesty.” – William Shakespeare
- “If money go before, all ways do lie open.” – William Shakespeare
- “A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still gently allows you to grow.” – William Shakespeare
- “Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.” – William Shakespeare
- “All the worlds 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.” – William Shakespeare
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“Men of few words are the best men.” – William Shakespeare
- “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” – William Shakespeare
- “The eyes are the window to your soul.” – William Shakespeare
- “If to do were as easy to know what were good to do.” – William Shakespeare
- “Anger is like A full- hot horse, who being allow’d his way, Self- mettle tires him.” – William Shakespeare
- “When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.” – William Shakespeare
- “Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind.” – William Shakespeare
- “Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.” – William Shakespeare
- “There is one pain I often feel, which you will never know. It is caused by the absence of you.” – William Shakespeare
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“Expectation is the root of all heartache.” – William Shakespeare
- “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” – William Shakespeare
- “To weep is to make less the depth of grief.” – William Shakespeare
- “Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.” – William Shakespeare
- “There is no darkness but ignorance.” – William Shakespeare
- “Talking isn’t doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well, and yet words are not deeds.” – William Shakespeare
- “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.” – William Shakespeare
- “Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end.” – William Shakespeare
- “Love cometh like sunshine after rain.” – William Shakespeare
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“Teach me how I should forget to think.” – William Shakespeare
- “Be great in act, as you have been in thought.” – William Shakespeare
- “Make not your thoughts your prisons.” – William Shakespeare
- “To thine own self be true.” – William Shakespeare
