Famous Quotes by William Shakespeare
Here are some motivational famous quotes of Shakespeare you may like.
“ Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. ”
“ Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. ”
“ A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. ”
“ All that glitters is not gold. ”
“ It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. ”
“ We know what we are, but know not what we may be. ”
“ Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. ”
“ To do a great right do a little wrong. ”
“ The course of true love never did run smooth. ”
“ Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds. ”
“ Hell is empty and all the devils are here. ”
“ Now is the winter of our discontent. ”
“ Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. ”
“ Listen to many, speak to a few. ”
“ There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. ”
“ These violent delights have violent ends. ”
“ The love of heaven makes one heavenly. ”
“ Love is too young to know what conscience is. ”
“ In time we hate that which we often fear. ”
“ For honesty coupled to beauty, is to have honey a sauce to sugar. ”
“ Brevity is the soul of wit. ”
“ The course of true love never did run smooth. ”
“ Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air. ”
“ To do a great right do a little wrong. ”
“ Nothing can come of nothing. ”
“ The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. ”
“ With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. ”
“ Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving. ”
“ Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow. ”
“ If music be the food of love, play on. ”
“ By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. Open, locks, Whoever knocks! ”
“ God has given you one face, and you make yourself another. ”
“ They do not love that do not show their love. ”
“ Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving. ”
“ The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. ”
“ You speak an infinite deal of nothing. ”
“ Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. ”
“ Speak low, if you speak love. ”
“ Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind. ”
“ As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport. ”
“ Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. ”
“ Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better. ”
“ No legacy is so rich as honesty. ”
“ Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. ”
“ We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep. ”
“ Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. ”
“ The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils. ”
“ I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one. ”
“ Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. ”
“ Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. ”
“ very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. ”
“ What’s done can’t be undone. ”
“ Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. ”
“ When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools. ”
“ Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. ”
“ Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. ”
“ The empty vessel makes the loudest sound. ”
“ There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face. ”
“ One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. ”
“ Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head. ”
“ When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. ”
“ Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. ”
“ I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. ”
“ This above all; to thine own self be true. ”
“ When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. ”
“ Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love. ”
“ Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge. ”
“ If music be the food of love, play on. ”
“ Farewell, fair cruelty. ”
“ False face must hide what the false heart doth know. ”
“ The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils. ”
“ My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy. ”
“ Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind. ”
“ They do not love that do not show their love. ”
“ With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. ”
“ Talking isn’t doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds. ”
“ Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. ”
“ Suit the action to the word, the word to the action. ”
“ Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. ”
“ Things won are done, joy’s soul lies in the doing. ”
“ Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. ”
“ Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love. ”
“ To be, or not to be, that is the question. ”
“ Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue. ”
“ I say there is no darkness but ignorance. ”
“ As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words. ”
“ I was adored once too. ”
“ The stroke of death is as a lover’s pinch, which hurts and is desired. ”
“ Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair. ”
“ If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. ”
“ Words without thoughts never to heaven go. ”
“ Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage. ”
“ Time and the hour run through the roughest day. ”
“ My pride fell with my fortunes. ”
“ Let no such man be trusted. ”
“ When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain. ”
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