William Shakespeare

Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

— William Shakespeare

Tax not so bad a voice to slander music any more than once.

— William Shakespeare

Your tale, sir, would cure deafness.

— William Shakespeare

A pair of star-crossed lovers.

— William Shakespeare

O, she misused me past the endurance of a block.

— William Shakespeare

“I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.”

— William Shakespeare

He doth nothing but talk of his horses.

— William Shakespeare

“Thou are the armourer of my heart—”

— William Shakespeare

Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught?

— William Shakespeare

“Villain I am none. Therefore farewell. I see thou knowest me not.”

— William Shakespeare

Winter, which, being full of care, makes summer's welcome thrice more wish'd, more rare.

— William Shakespeare

Now the fair goddess, Fortune, Fall deep in love with thee, and her great charms Misguide thy opposers' swords!

— William Shakespeare

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

— William Shakespeare

All the world's a stage ... and you better have a zoning variance or it's coming down.

— William Shakespeare

“Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus, Another thing to fall." - Angelo, Act 2 Scene 1”

— William Shakespeare

I think thy horse will sooner con an oration than thou learn a prayer without book.

— William Shakespeare

If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we…

— William Shakespeare

Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think…

— William Shakespeare

. . . from this moment The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even now,…

— William Shakespeare

And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's…

— William Shakespeare

“O thou dull god, why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch A watch-case or a…

— William Shakespeare

“Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour Draws on apace; four happy days bring in Another moon: but, O, methinks, how slow This…

— William Shakespeare

“I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred…

— William Shakespeare

Do I not bate? do I not dwindle? Why, my skin hangsabout me like an old lady's loose gown; I am withered…

— William Shakespeare

The good I stand on is my truth and honesty.

— William Shakespeare

Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow.

— William Shakespeare

Things in motion sooner catch the eye than what not stirs.

— William Shakespeare

The amity that wisdom knits not, folly may easily untie.

— William Shakespeare

“This forced league doth force a further strife.”

— William Shakespeare

Security is the chief enemy of mortals.

— William Shakespeare

The labor we delight in physics [cures] pain.

— William Shakespeare

Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offense?

— William Shakespeare

To be slow in words is a woman's only virtue.

— William Shakespeare

The wheel is come full circle.

— William Shakespeare

So shalt thou feed on Death, that feeds on men.

— William Shakespeare

Can I go forward when my heart is here?

— William Shakespeare

“The worst was this: my love was my decay.”

— William Shakespeare

Out, you tallow-face! You baggage!

— William Shakespeare

Yon grey lines That fret the clouds are messengers of day.

— William Shakespeare

Passion makes the will lord of the reason.

— William Shakespeare