Famous Shakespeare Quotes

To be or not to be, that is the question. – Hamlet

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. – All’s Well That Ends Well

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. – As You Like It

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. – Romeo and Juliet

The course of true love never did run smooth. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

This above all: to thine own self be true. – Hamlet

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. – Julius Caesar

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. – Julius Caesar

All that glitters is not gold. – The Merchant of Venice

We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. – The Tempest

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves. – Julius Caesar

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. – Hamlet

The lady doth protest too much, methinks. – Hamlet

If music be the food of love, play on. – Twelfth Night

What’s done is done. – Macbeth

Hell is empty and all the devils are here. – The Tempest

The quality of mercy is not strained. – The Merchant of Venice

Famous Shakespeare Quotes part 2

Brevity is the soul of wit. – Hamlet

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow. – Romeo and Juliet

This is the very ecstasy of love. – Hamlet

The better part of valor is discretion. – Henry IV, Part 1

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. – Twelfth Night

Since you have known madness, I would let it out. – King Lear

It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. – Macbeth

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. – Twelfth Night

Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The course of true love never did run smooth. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

To sleep, perchance to dream. – Hamlet

Sweets to the sweet. – Hamlet

A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! – Richard III

What’s past is prologue. – The Tempest

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. – Troilus and Cressida

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. – Henry IV, Part 2

This is the short and the long of it. – The Merry Wives of Windsor

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. – The Great Gatsby (not Shakespeare, but often misattributed)

I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest. – King Lear

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. – Hamlet

Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow. – Macbeth

Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me. – Antony and Cleopatra

By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes. – Macbeth

Now is the winter of our discontent. – Richard III

The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings. – Julius Caesar

Parting is such sweet sorrow. – Romeo and Juliet