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Famous William Shakespeare Quotes
Source: Macbeth
“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.”
Source: Much Ado About Nothing Simplified!: Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling
“For this relief much thanks. 'Tis bitter cold, and I am sick at heart.”
“Conceal me what I am, and be my aid for such disguise as haply shall become the form of my intent.”
Source: The plays of William Shakespeare
“I have unclasp'd to thee the book even of my secret soul.”
Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
Source: The Tragedy of King Richard III
Source: Romeo and Juliet ...
Source: Romeo and Juliet
Source: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
“What sadness lengthens Romeo’s hours?”
Source: Romeo and Juliet
Source: Romeo and Juliet
“One fire burns out another's burning, One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish.”
Source: Romeo and Juliet
“I will make thee think thy swan a crow.”
Source: The plays of William Shakespeare
“One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun.”
Source: Romeo and Juliet
“she shall scant show well that now shows best.”
Source: Romeo and Juliet
“I have a soul of lead So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.”
Source: Romeo and Juliet In Plain and Simple English: A Modern Translation and the Original Version
“He that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail.”
Source: Romeo and Juliet
Source: Romeo and Juliet
Source: Romeo and Juliet
Source: The Tragedy of Macbeth
“Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.”
Source: The Plays
“What early tongue so sweet saluteth me?”
Source: The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentick Copies, and Revised; with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are Added, an Essay on the Chronological Order of His Plays; an Essay Relative to Shakspeare and Jonson; a Dissertation on the Three Parts of King Henry VI; an Historical Account of the English Stage; and Notes; by Edmond Malone
“How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath To say to me that thou art out of breath?”
Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
“They are but beggars that can count their worth.”
Source: The plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators
“It were a grief so brief to part with thee. Farewell.”
Source: Romeo and Juliet ...
“These times of woe afford no time to woo.”
Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
“Some grief shows much of love, But much of grief shows still some want of wit.”
Source: Dramatic Works: Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copies of Steevens and Malone
“A peevish self-willed harlotry it is. *She’s a stubborn little brat.*”
“Have I thought long to see this morning’s face, And doth it give me such a sight as this?”
Source: Romeo and Juliet
Source: Romeo and Juliet
“Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, did my heart fly at your service”
Source: Plays of William Shakespeare
“You cram these words into mine ears against The stomach of my sense.”
Source: The Tempest
Source: Arden Shakespeare: The Comedy Of Errors: Second Series