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.
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- Hamlet (c. 1600), Act I, Scene II, spoken by HoratioIn context
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.Hamlet (c. 1600), Act IV, Scene V, spoken by KingIn contextGive sorrow words. The grief that does not speak
Whispers the o’er-fraught heart, and bids it break.Macbeth (c. 1606), Act IV, Scene III, spoken by MalcolmIn context- Macbeth (c. 1606), Act V, Scene III, spoken by MacbethIn context
- Othello (c. 1604), Act I, Scene III, spoken by DukeIn context
O, now, for ever
Farewell the tranquil mind! Farewell content!Othello (c. 1604), Act III, Scene III, spoken by OthelloIn context- Julius Caesar (1599), Act III, Scene II, spoken by AntonyIn context
- The Tempest (c. 1611), Act I, Scene II, spoken by MirandaIn context
The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o’er a cold decree
The Merchant of Venice (c. 1597), Act I, Scene II, spoken by PortiaIn context- Much Ado About Nothing (c. 1598), Act I, Scene I, spoken by LeonatoIn context
- Much Ado About Nothing (c. 1598), Act III, Scene II, spoken by BenedickIn context
When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,Sonnet 29 (1609)In context
