William Shakespeare is no doubt one of the greatest poets and authors that ever lived and long after he is gone his words continue to inspire and encourage those who take the time to seek the knowledge that this great man has to share. Shakespeare wrote for kings and nobles, and also wrote for the simple and normal people. Everyone can identify with his writings and that is why his plays were so famous as they touched on all aspects of human life.
William Shakespeare was an English actor and a poet who has born on 26th of April 1564 and died on 23rd of April 1616. He is one of the famous story and poet writer who inspired many readers and audience who watched his masterpiece via stage plays. Some of his artworks are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and many more. Below are some of the best and famous William Shakespeare quotes.
Famous William Shakespeare Quotes
From romance, to politics, to everyday living, William Shakespeare has a quote for almost every condition or situation that man may find himself in. Kings and rulers have relied on his vast knowledge of various subjects for the wisdom to rule and govern, and how much more should ordinary men seek the wisdom that this man’s words brings to even the simplest mind?
“God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.”
– William Shakespeare
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
– William Shakespeare
“Listen to many, speak to a few.”
– William Shakespeare
“Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.”
– William Shakespeare
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
– William Shakespeare
“Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.”
– William Shakespeare
“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
– William Shakespeare
“When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.”
– William Shakespeare
“Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.”
– William Shakespeare
“Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.”
– William Shakespeare
“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win by fearing to attempt.”
– William Shakespeare
“An overflow of good converts to bad.”
– William Shakespeare
“Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.”
– William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare Quotes about Life
Written simply, quotes of William Shakespeare are found in many of the books that he wrote and much as they were written centuries ago they are relevant to life as we know it today. As you read Shakespeare’s quotes may you be inspired to reach beyond your natural self and strive to live and let live.
“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
– William Shakespeare
“Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.”
– William Shakespeare
“The golden age is before us, not behind us.”
– William Shakespeare
“Words without thoughts never to heaven go.”
– William Shakespeare
“If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?”
– William Shakespeare
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
– William Shakespeare
“And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.”
– William Shakespeare
“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.”
– William Shakespeare
“A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.”
– William Shakespeare
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”
– William Shakespeare
“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.”
– William Shakespeare
“There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”
– William Shakespeare
“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”
– William Shakespeare
“False face must hide what the false heart doth know.”
– William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare Love Quotes
William Shakespeare is also known for his artwork about romance. Hence, there are so many love quotes of William Shakespeare that you can find. Here are some of the most notable ones.
“Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.”
– William Shakespeare
“If music be the food of love, play on.”
– William Shakespeare
“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.”
– William Shakespeare
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
– William Shakespeare
“As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.”
– William Shakespeare
“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
– William Shakespeare
“Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.”
– William Shakespeare
“Women may fall when there’s no strength in men.”
– William Shakespeare
“Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?”
– William Shakespeare
“Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.”
– William Shakespeare
“They do not love that do not show their love.”
– William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare Friendship Quotes
“A friend should bear his friend’s infirmities.”
– William Shakespeare
“I desire you in friendship, and I will one way or other make you amends.”
– William Shakespeare
“Friendship is constant in all things
Save in the office and affairs of love.”
– William Shakespeare
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.”
– William Shakespeare
