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.
- Twelfth Night (1601), Act I, scene i.In context
- Troilus and Cressida (c. 1602), Act III, scene 2, line 163.
- Twelfth Night, Olivia, scene iIn context
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing’d Cupid painted blind.- Much Ado About Nothing (1598), Act III, scene i.In context
- Sonnet 116 (1609), Sonnets (1609), CXVIIn context
I 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 contextFrom forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their lifeRomeo and Juliet (c. 1595), Prologue, spoken by ChorusIn context- Romeo and Juliet (c. 1595), Act I, Scene I, spoken by RomeoIn context
- Romeo and Juliet (c. 1595), Act I, Scene I, spoken by RomeoIn context
- Romeo and Juliet (c. 1595), Act I, Scene V, spoken by RomeoIn context
Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.Romeo and Juliet (c. 1595), Act I, Scene V, spoken by RomeoIn context- Romeo and Juliet (c. 1595), Act II, Scene II, spoken by JulietIn context
