William Shakespeare Quotes
William Shakespeare is often called England's national poet, is regarded by many as the greatest playwright of all time.
30. “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”
29. “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
28. “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
27. “A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
26. “This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is 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
25. “Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.”
24. “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
23. “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.”
22. “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.”
21. “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
20. “There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”
19. “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?”
18. “If music be the food of love, play on.”
17. “To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
16. “Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.”
15. “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”
14. “There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”
13. “No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
12. “The wheel is come full circle.”
11. “Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.”
10. “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.”
9. “This above all; to thine own self be true.”
8. “Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.”
7. “And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
sermons in stones, and good in everything.”
6. “The course of true love never did run smooth.”
5. “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.”
4. “When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.”
3. “Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.”
2. “With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
1. “Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.”
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