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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.

“As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.”

— William Shakespeare

Love

All Quotes by William Shakespeare

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

— William Shakespeare

Time

“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.”

— William Shakespeare

Sympathy

“If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.”

— William Shakespeare

Time

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

— William Shakespeare

Money

“God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.”

— William Shakespeare

God

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”

— William Shakespeare

Great

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

— William Shakespeare

Time

“Life every man holds dear but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.”

— William Shakespeare

Life

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”

— William Shakespeare

Love

“Death is a fearful thing.”

— William Shakespeare

Death

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

— William Shakespeare

Food

“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.”

— William Shakespeare

Love

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

— William Shakespeare

Fathersday

“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

— William Shakespeare

Life

“In time we hate that which we often fear.”

— William Shakespeare

Fear

“They do not love that do not show their love.”

— William Shakespeare

Love

“Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.”

— William Shakespeare

Love

“'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.”

— William Shakespeare

Best

“Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.”

— William Shakespeare

Love

“The love of heaven makes one heavenly.”

— William Shakespeare

Love