William Shakespeare Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

2,311 Famous Quotes by William Shakespeare
“More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Tragedy of King Richard the Third (Duchess of York at IV, iv)
“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Tragedy of King Richard the Third (King Richard at V, iii)
“O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Tragedy of King Richard the Third (King Richard at V, iii)
“If music be the food of love, play on.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (Duke at I, i), (altered)
“I am sure care's an enemy to life.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (Tony Belch at I, iii)
“'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (Olivia at I, v)
“She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud, Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like Patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (Viola at II, iv)
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (Malvalio at II, v)
“Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (Olivia at III, i)
“Then westward ho! Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (Viola at III, i)
“I hate ingratitude more in man Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, Or any taint of vice.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (Viola at III, iv)
“A great while ago the world begun, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain; But that's all one, our play is done, And we'll strive to please you every day.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (Duke at V, i)
“Thus the whirligig of time Brings in his revenges.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (Clown at V, i)
“Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Lucetta at I, ii)
“Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Lucetta at I, ii)
“They do not love that do not show their love.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Julia at I, ii), also see Heywood Proverbs, pt. II, ch. IX
“O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away!”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Proteus at I, iii)
“One heat another heat expels.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Proteus at II, iv)
“A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Valentine at III, i)
“But neither bended knees, pure hands held up, Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears, Could penetrate her uncompassionate sire.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Proteus at III, i)
“The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the greater hides the less.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Launce at III, i)
“By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Valentine at V, iv)
“How use doth breed a habit in a man!”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Valenine at V, iv)
“Our praises are our wages.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Winter's Tale (Hermione at I, ii)
“The silence often of pure innocence Persuades, when speaking fails.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: The Winter's Tale (Paulina at II, ii)