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William Shakespeare Quotes about Death

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

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

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Death, Running
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

Nothing in his life became him like leaving it.

William Shakespeare
Death, Leaving, Tragedy
'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 4, l. 7

To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing end them: to die, to sleep No more; and by a sleep, to say we end The Heart-ache, and the thousand Natural shocks That Flesh is heir to? 'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die to sleep, To sleep, perchance to Dream; Aye, there's the rub.

William Shakespeare
Death, Suicide, Dream
'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

Death is my son-in-law, death is my heir.

William Shakespeare
Death, Son, Law
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, John Boydell, Samuel Johnson (1857). “King Lear. Romeo and Juliet”, p.277

Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him: The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And - when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening - nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.

William Shakespeare
Death, Fall, Farewell
'Henry VIII' (1613) act 3, sc. 2, l. 352

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

William Shakespeare
Success, Death, Veterans Day
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.

William Shakespeare
Life, Death, Nature
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 2, l. 72

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! 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
Inspirational, Life, Death
'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.

William Shakespeare
Life, Death, Play
'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.

William Shakespeare
Life, Death, Science
Cymbeline V.5

O comfort-killing night, image of hell, Dim register and notary of shame, Black stage for tragedies and murders fell, Vast sin-concealing chaos, nurse of blame!

William Shakespeare
Death, Night, Nurse
William Shakespeare (2006). “The Poems: Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, The Passionate Pilgrim, A Lover's Complaint”, p.188, Cambridge University Press

So wise so young, they say, do never live long.

William Shakespeare
Life, Death, Wise
'Richard III' (1591) act 3, sc. 1, l. 79

Death rock me asleep.

William Shakespeare
Death, Rocks
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?

William Shakespeare
Death, Sea, Arrows
'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

Fear no more the heat o' th' sun Nor the furious winters' rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages. Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.

William Shakespeare
Girl, Death, Art
'Cymbeline' (1609-10) act 4, sc. 2, l. 258

Woe, destruction, ruin, and decay; the worst is death and death will have his day.

William Shakespeare
Death, Decay, Woe
'Richard II' (1595) act 3, sc. 2, l. 103

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come.

William Shakespeare
Death, Dream, Sleep
'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.

William Shakespeare
Love, Sympathy, Death
'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 3, sc. 2, l. 17

To die, to sleep - To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub, For in this sleep of death what dreams may come.

William Shakespeare
Death, Dream, Halloween
'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

Be still prepared for death: and death or life shall thereby be the sweeter.

William Shakespeare
Life, Death, Preparation

Whose heart the accustom'd sight of death makes hard.

William Shakespeare
Death, Heart, Sight
William Shakespeare (1856). “As you like it. Taming of the shrew. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night; or, what you will”, p.74

Death-counterfeiting sleep.

William Shakespeare
Death, Sleep
William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Nicholas Rowe, Samuel Johnson (1791). “Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes. To which is Now Added, a Copious Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words”, p.1611

He that dies pays all debts.

William Shakespeare
Death, Memorable, Debt
'The Tempest' (1611) act 3, sc. 2, l. [143]

Golden lads and girls all must as chimney sweepers come to dust.

William Shakespeare
Girl, Death, Dust
'Cymbeline' (1609-10) act 4, sc. 2, l. 258

Death lies on her like an untimely frost.

William Shakespeare
Death, Lying, Frost
'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 4, sc. 5, l. 25

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