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William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. His 39 plays, 154 sonnets, and other poems have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. His words have become woven into everyday speech across the world.

“The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.”

— William Shakespeare

Death

All Quotes by William Shakespeare

“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”

— William Shakespeare

Patience

“Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land the great ones eat up the little ones.”

— William Shakespeare

Great

“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”

— William Shakespeare

Fathersday

“Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.”

— William Shakespeare

Life

“To do a great right do a little wrong.”

— William Shakespeare

Great

“For I can raise no money by vile means.”

— William Shakespeare

Money

“But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.”

— William Shakespeare

Happiness

“A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.”

— William Shakespeare

Age

“We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.”

— William Shakespeare

Time

“Women may fall when there's no strength in men.”

— William Shakespeare

Men

“I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.”

— William Shakespeare

Time

“I bear a charmed life.”

— William Shakespeare

Life

“Speak low, if you speak love.”

— William Shakespeare

Love

“I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.”

— William Shakespeare

Good

“Cowards die many times before their deaths the valiant never taste of death but once.”

— William Shakespeare

Death

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”

— William Shakespeare

Nature

“Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.”

— William Shakespeare

Fear

“Men's vows are women's traitors!”

— William Shakespeare

Men

“I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.”

— William Shakespeare

Death

“The course of true love never did run smooth.”

— William Shakespeare

Love