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.
- Hamlet (c. 1600), Act IV, Scene V, spoken by OpheliaIn context
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.Hamlet (c. 1600), Act IV, Scene V, spoken by KingIn contextI lov’d Ophelia; forty thousand brothers
Could not, with all their quantity of love,
Make up my sum.Hamlet (c. 1600), Act V, Scene I, spoken by HamletIn contextThere’s a divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough-hew them how we will.Hamlet (c. 1600), Act V, Scene II, spoken by HamletIn context- Hamlet (c. 1600), Act V, Scene II, spoken by HamletIn context
- Hamlet (c. 1600), Act V, Scene II, spoken by HamletIn context
Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.Macbeth (c. 1606), Act I, Scene I, spoken by AllIn context- Macbeth (c. 1606), Act I, Scene III, spoken by BanquoIn context
- Macbeth (c. 1606), Act I, Scene III, spoken by BanquoIn context
Stars, hide your fires!
Let not light see my black and deep desires.Macbeth (c. 1606), Act I, Scene IV, spoken by MacbethIn context- Macbeth (c. 1606), Act I, Scene V, spoken by Lady MacbethIn context
- Macbeth (c. 1606), Act I, Scene V, spoken by Lady MacbethIn context
If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well
It were done quickly.Macbeth (c. 1606), Act I, Scene VII, spoken by MacbethIn context- Macbeth (c. 1606), Act I, Scene VII, spoken by MacbethIn context
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.Macbeth (c. 1606), Act I, Scene VII, spoken by MacbethIn context
