William Shakespeare

Find the best quotes, maxims and aphorisms of William Shakespeare

Biography : English poet, playwright and actor.
Born: 1564 - Died: 1616
Period:
17th century
16th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom

United Kingdom

William Shakespeare - Quotes

To be, or not to be, that is the question.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

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

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There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

Brevity is the soul of wit.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

The rest is silence.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

silence

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

This above all: to thine own self be true.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

oneself

This above all: to thine own self be true.

Passing through nature to eternity.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

A mote it is to trouble the mind's eye.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

mind

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

One may smile, and smile, be a villain.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

smile