40+ Greatest William Shakespeare Quotes

William Shakespeare was a well-known English Poet and Play Writer. Famous for plays such as Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, and many many more…

We have put together a list of our Greatest William Shakespeare Quotes below.

 

William Shakespeare Quotes

 

“I am not bound to please thee with my answers.”


“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man.” – Hamlet, Act I, Scene III


“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, His acts being seven ages.” – As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII


“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.”


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


“Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.”


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


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


“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”


“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”


Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” – Twelfth Night Act 2, Scene 5, William Shakespeare


“Though she be but little, she is fierce!”


“If music be the food of love, play on.”


“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”


“My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.”


“But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?”


“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind”


“Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.” – Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II


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