Shakespeare Quotes About Life

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

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

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

We cannot all be masters, nor all masters cannot be truly follow’d. – Othello

Though she be but little, she is fierce. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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

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

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. – Measure for Measure

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. – As You Like It

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

What is past is prologue. – The Tempest

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

This is the excellent foppery of the world. – King Lear

The love of heaven makes one heavenly. – Love’s Labour’s Lost

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

What’s done cannot be undone. – Macbeth

Shakespeare Quotes About Life part 2

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

Though this be madness, yet there is method in it. – Hamlet

The miserable have no other medicine but only hope. – Measure for Measure

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

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

Brevity is the soul of wit. – Hamlet

What’s the matter, that this distaff diplomatist should shout so loud? – Henry VI

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow. – Romeo and Juliet

We are time’s subjects, and time bids be gone. – Macbeth

Doubt thou the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love. – Hamlet

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

As merry as the day is long. – Much Ado About Nothing

Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me. – Much Ado About Nothing

Love is blind, and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit. – The Merchant of Venice

What’s past is prologue. – The Tempest

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. – The Merchant of Venice

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

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

Have patience, and endure. – Romeo and Juliet

If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? – The Merchant of Venice

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. – All’s Well That Ends Well

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

To thine own self be true. – Hamlet

Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? – Macbeth

I am one of those weak-willed, strong-minded, stupid fellows who believe the world is getting better. – The Winter’s Tale

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? – Sonnet 18

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. – Hamlet

To sleep, perchance to dream. – Hamlet