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 (1600–1), Act III, scene i.In context
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.Cymbeline (1610), Act IV, scene ii.We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.The Tempest (1611), Act IV, scene i.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 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 contextThe undiscover’d country, from whose bourn
No traveller returnsHamlet (c. 1600), Act III, Scene I, 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
- Macbeth (c. 1606), Act II, Scene III, spoken by MacbethIn context
- Macbeth (c. 1606), Act III, Scene II, spoken by MacbethIn context
Death lies on her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.Romeo and Juliet (c. 1595), Act IV, Scene V, spoken by CapuletIn context- Romeo and Juliet (c. 1595), Act V, Scene III, spoken by RomeoIn context
As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods,
They kill us for their sport.King Lear (c. 1606), Act IV, Scene I, spoken by GloucesterIn contextMen must endure
Their going hence, even as their coming hither;
Ripeness is all.King Lear (c. 1606), Act V, Scene II, spoken by EdgarIn context
