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.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Hamlet (1600–1), Act II, scene ii.In contextIs this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand?Macbeth (1606), Act II, scene i.In contextHow sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is
To have a thankless child!King Lear (1605–6), Act I, scene iv.In contextCome what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.Macbeth (1606), Act I, scene iii.In contextThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.Hamlet (1600–1), Act I, scene v.In contextSo long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.Sonnet 18 (1609), Sonnets (1609), XVIIIIn context- Julius Caesar (1599), Act I, scene ii.In context
- Sonnet 116 (1609), Sonnets (1609), CXVIIn context
- The Merchant of Venice (1596–7), Act I, scene ii.In context
- Macbeth (1606), Act V, scene vIn context
Thou know’st ’tis common, all that lives must die,
Passing through nature to eternity.Hamlet (c. 1600), Act I, Scene II, spoken by QueenIn context- Hamlet (c. 1600), Act I, Scene II, spoken by HamletIn context
But I have that within which passeth show;
These but the trappings and the suits of woe.Hamlet (c. 1600), Act I, Scene II, spoken by HamletIn contextO that this too too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!Hamlet (c. 1600), Act I, Scene II, spoken by HamletIn contextHow weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable
Seem to me all the uses of this world!Hamlet (c. 1600), Act I, Scene II, spoken by HamletIn context
