William Shakespeare1564–1616The quotations of
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet
1564–1616
335 quotes, most often on Love, Life & Death and Good & Evil. Part of the Writers and Poets collections.
- Twelfth Night (1601), Act I, scene i.In context
- Hamlet (1600–1), Act I, scene iii.In context
Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once.
Julius Caesar (1599), Act II, scene ii.In context- The Merchant of Venice (1596–7), Act III, scene i.In context
- Hamlet (1600–1), Act III, scene i.In context
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
As You Like It (1599–1600), Act V, scene iIn context- Antony and Cleopatra (1600s), Act I, scene 3, line 12.In context
- Romeo and Juliet, Juliet, l. 185In context
- Twelfth Night (1601), Act II, scene v.In context
- Julius Caesar (1623), Julius Cæsar (1599), Act I, scene 2, line 208.In context
- Troilus and Cressida (c. 1602), Act III, scene 2, line 163.
Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Macbeth (1605), Witches, Scene IIn context- As You Like It (1599–1600), Act II, scene vii.In context
- Twelfth Night, Olivia, scene iIn context





