William Shakespeare Quotes Archives - Famous Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me in trust: to love him that is honest; to converse with him that is wise, and says little; to fear judgment; to fight when I cannot choose; and to eat no fish.
—William Shakespeare, "King Lear"

Look to her, Moor, if thou has eyes to see. She has deceived her father, and may thee.
—William Shakespeare, "Othello"

Oh, what fools these mortals be!
—William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Who is it that can tell me who I am?
—William Shakespeare, "King Lear"

I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano!
—William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"

And some that smile have in their hearts, I fear, millions of mischiefs.
—William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"

Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
—William Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing"

Sit by my side, and let the world slip: we shall ne'er be younger.
—William Shakespeare, "The Taming of the Shrew"

Love's not love when it is mingled with regards that stand aloof from the entire point.
—William Shakespeare, "King Lear"

Rude am I in my speech, And little blessed with the soft phrase of peace.
—William Shakespeare, "Othello"

Therefore another prologue must tell he is not a lion
—William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

For which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?
—William Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing"

I will do anything ... ere I'll be married to a sponge.
—William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"

As I love the name of honour more than I fear death.
—William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"

Tax not so bad a voice to slander music any more than once.
—William Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing"

The poorest service is repaid with thanks.
—William Shakespeare, "The Taming of the Shrew"

More fools know Jack Fool than Jack Fool knows.
—William Shakespeare, "King Lear"

The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.
—William Shakespeare, "Othello"

Though she be but little, she is fierce!
—William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

I do love nothing in the world so well as you- is not that strange?
—William Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing"

The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.
—William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"

But are not some whole that we must make sick?
—William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"

Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.
—William Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing"

We will have rings and things and fine array
—William Shakespeare, "The Taming of the Shrew"

Ay, in the temple, in the town, the field, You do me mischief. Fie, Demetrius! Your wrongs do set a scandal on my sex: We cannot fight for love, as men ay do; We should be woo'd, and were not made to woo. I'll follow thee, and make a heaven of hell, To die upon the hand I love so well.
—William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Nor are those empty-hearthed whose low sound reverbs no hollowness.
—William Shakespeare, "King Lear"

This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven.
—William Shakespeare, "Othello"

But it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and indeed the sundry contemplation of my travels, which, by often rumination, wraps me in the most humorous sadness.
—William Shakespeare, "As You Like It"