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.
- Richard II (c. 1595), Act II, Scene I, spoken by GauntIn context
- Richard II (c. 1595), Act III, Scene II, spoken by SalisburyIn context
You may my glories and my state depose,
But not my griefs; still am I king of those.Richard II (c. 1595), Act IV, Scene I, spoken by King RichardIn context- Richard II (c. 1595), Act V, Scene V, spoken by RichardIn context
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt.Measure for Measure (c. 1604), Act I, Scene IV, spoken by LucioIn context- Measure for Measure (c. 1604), Act II, Scene I, spoken by EscalusIn context
- Measure for Measure (c. 1604), Act II, Scene II, spoken by IsabellaIn context
O, it is excellent
To have a giant’s strength; but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant.Measure for Measure (c. 1604), Act II, Scene II, spoken by IsabellaIn context- Measure for Measure (c. 1604), Act II, Scene II, spoken by IsabellaIn context
- Measure for Measure (c. 1604), Act III, Scene I, spoken by ClaudioIn context
- Measure for Measure (c. 1604), Act III, Scene I, spoken by IsabellaIn context
- Measure for Measure (c. 1604), Act III, Scene I, spoken by ClaudioIn context
Hal, ’tis my vocation, Hal, ’tis no sin for a man to labour in his vocation.
Henry IV, Part 1 (c. 1597), Act I, Scene II, spoken by FalstaffIn contextIf all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to workHenry IV, Part 1 (c. 1597), Act I, Scene II, spoken by PrinceIn contextO, the blood more stirs
To rouse a lion than to start a hare!Henry IV, Part 1 (c. 1597), Act I, Scene III, spoken by HotspurIn context
