Dreams Quotes by William Shakespeare

Dreams are the children of idled minds.

— William Shakespeare

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come.

— William Shakespeare

Swift as shadow, short as any dream

— William Shakespeare

“Unstained thoughts do seldom dream on evil.”

— William Shakespeare

“We are such stuff 173 As dreams are made on”

— William Shakespeare

We are such stuff that dreams are made of.

— William Shakespeare

Dream on, dream on, of bloody deeds and death.

— William Shakespeare

“Strange dream, that gives a dead man leave”

— William Shakespeare

Dream in light years, challenge miles, walk step by step

— William Shakespeare

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

— William Shakespeare

Poor wretches that depend On greatness' favor, dream as I have done; Wake, and find nothing.

— William Shakespeare

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

— William Shakespeare

“Sblood, but you will not hear me:— If ever I did dream of such a matter, Abhor me.”

— William Shakespeare

The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow We are such stuff as dreams are made of.

— William Shakespeare

Oh, I have passed a miserable night, so full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams!

— William Shakespeare

“All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoy'd.”

— William Shakespeare

Who would be so mocked with glory, or to live But in a dream of friendship, To have his pomp and all…

— William Shakespeare

She dreams of him that has forgot her love; You dote on her that cares not for your love. 'Tis pity love…

— William Shakespeare

If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did…

— William Shakespeare

“For he is superstitious grown of late, Quite from the main opinion he held once Of fantasy, of dreams, and ceremonies.”

— William Shakespeare

Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls; Conscience is but a work that cowards use, Devised at first to keep the…

— William Shakespeare

Romeo: I dreamt a dream tonight. Mercutio: And so did I. Romeo: Well, what was yours? Mercutio: That dreamers often lie. Romeo:…

— William Shakespeare

“O blessed, blessed night! I am afeard, Being in night, all this is but a dream, Too flattering-sweet to be substantial”

— William Shakespeare

“What relish is in this? How runs the stream? Or I am mad, or else this is a dream. Let fancy still…

— William Shakespeare

“O hell! to choose love by another's eyes!" "Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay…

— William Shakespeare

“Thou talk'st of nothing." "True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain…

— William Shakespeare

If there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it, Making it momentary as a sound,…

— William Shakespeare

What win I, if I gain the thing I seek? A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy. Who buys a…

— William Shakespeare

True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as…

— William Shakespeare

“O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I…

— William Shakespeare

“To die, - To sleep, - To sleep! Perchance to dream: - ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death…

— William Shakespeare

Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream—For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,When…

— William Shakespeare

“I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it…

— William Shakespeare

“If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep, My dreams presage some joyful news at hand: My bosom's lord sits lightly…

— William Shakespeare

If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumbered here While these visions did…

— William Shakespeare

Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin…

— William Shakespeare

To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows…

— William Shakespeare

To sleep perchance to dream

— William Shakespeare

Thoughts are but dreams till their effects are tried.

— William Shakespeare

“A dream itself is but a shadow.”

— William Shakespeare