Selected quotes by

Shakespeare

1564 - 1616 (52)

Shakespeare
16 quotes
Quote 1

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

Quote 2

There is no darkness but ignorance.

Quote 3

Now is the winter of our discontent.

Quote 4

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

Quote 5

We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.

Quote 6

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Quote 7

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

Quote 8

If music be the food of love, play on.

Quote 9

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Quote 10

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

Quote 11

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

Quote 12

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

Quote 13

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Quote 14

The golden age is before us, not behind us.

Quote 15

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

Quote 16

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.