The 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.

A good old man, sir; he will be talking; as they say, ‘when the age is in, the wit is out.’
Much Ado About Nothing (c. 1598), Act III, Scene V, spoken by DogberryIn context
- Age
- Comedy
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack’d and lost,
Why, then we rack the value, then we find
The virtue that possession would not show us
Whiles it was ours.
Much Ado About Nothing (c. 1598), Act IV, Scene I, spoken by FriarIn context
- Experience
- Happiness
I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is not that strange?
Much Ado About Nothing (c. 1598), Act IV, Scene I, spoken by BenedickIn context
- Love
For there was never yet philosopher
That could endure the toothache patiently,
However they have writ the style of gods
And made a push at chance and sufferance.
Much Ado About Nothing (c. 1598), Act V, Scene I, spoken by LeonatoIn context
- Health
- Philosophy
Marry, sir, they have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they are slanders; sixth and lastly, they have belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust things; and to conclude, they are lying knaves.
Much Ado About Nothing (c. 1598), Act V, Scene I, spoken by DogberryIn context
- Comedy
- Truth & Lies
O, how full of briers is this working-day world!
As You Like It (c. 1599), Act I, Scene III, spoken by RosalindIn context
- Work
Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold.
As You Like It (c. 1599), Act I, Scene III, spoken by RosalindIn context
- Beauty
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
As You Like It (c. 1599), Act II, Scene I, spoken by Duke SeniorIn context
- Nature
- Wisdom
Under the greenwood tree,
Who loves to lie with me
And turn his merry note
Unto the sweet bird’s throat,
Come hither, come hither, come hither!
Here shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.
As You Like It (c. 1599), Act II, Scene V, spoken by AmiensIn context
- Music
- Nature
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man’s ingratitude.
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
As You Like It (c. 1599), Act II, Scene VII, spoken by AmiensIn context
- Character
- Nature
Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. I’ll tell you who time ambles withal, who time trots withal, who time gallops withal, and who he stands still withal.
As You Like It (c. 1599), Act III, Scene II, spoken by RosalindIn context
- Time
Sell when you can; you are not for all markets.
As You Like It (c. 1599), Act III, Scene V, spoken by RosalindIn context
- Advice
- Clever Jabs
Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing?
As You Like It (c. 1599), Act IV, Scene I, spoken by RosalindIn context
- Happiness
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.
As You Like It (c. 1599), Act IV, Scene I, spoken by RosalindIn context
For your brother and my sister no sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason; no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy
As You Like It (c. 1599), Act V, Scene II, spoken by RosalindIn context
- Love

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