“Such as we are made of, such we be.”
Source: The works of William Shakespeare
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Famous William Shakespeare Quotes
“We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.”
Source: King Henry IV, part 2; King Henry V
“'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.”
Source: The Arden Dictionary Of Shakespeare Quotations
“He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.”
Source: The Taming of the Shrew
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
“I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.”
Source: Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)
“Nothing can come of nothing.”
Source: King Lear
“O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!”
Source: The plays of William Shakespeare: in twenty-one volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, to which are added notes
“Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.”
Source: The Works of William Shakspeare...: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentic Copies, and Revised, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators
“Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.”
“O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!”
“There's not a note of mine that's worth the noting.”
Source: The works of William Shakespeare
“What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.”
“Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.”
Source: Cymbeline
Source: The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare
“O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.”
“'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.”
Source: King Henry IV, part 2. Henry V
“There's place and means for every man alive.”
Source: Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)
“Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.”
Source: The plays of William Shakespeare
“Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.”
Source: Much Ado About Nothing Simplified!: Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling
“Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.”
“Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.”
“I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.”
Source: The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq. ; with Glossarial Notes
“I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.”
Source: The plays of William Shakespeare
“'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.”
Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
“Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!”
“My pride fell with my fortunes.”
Source: As You Like It: Third Series
“Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.”
Source: Troilus and Cressida: Third Series, Revised Edition
“How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!”
“Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.”
Source: The Merchant of Venice: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition
“He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.”