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William Shakespeare Quotes about Evil

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Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Evil, Hell
William Shakespeare, Virginia Mason Vaughan, Alden T. Vaughan (1999). “The Tempest: Third Series”, p.164, Cengage Learning EMEA

People’s good deeds we write in water. The evil deeds are etched in brass.

William Shakespeare
Writing, Evil, Water

A true repentance shuns the evil itself, more than the external suffering or the shame.

William Shakespeare
Evil, Suffering, Shame
William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft (1812). “Aphorisms from Shakespeare”, p.250

Do as the heavens have done, forget your evil; With them forgive yourself.

William Shakespeare
Forgiveness, Letting Go, Evil
William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.7667, BookCaps Study Guides

Before the curing of a strong disease, Even in the instant of repair and health, The fit is strongest. Evils that take leave, On their departure most of all show evil.

William Shakespeare
Strong, Evil, Departure
William Shakespeare (2007). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.316, Wordsworth Editions

Love is familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love." -

William Shakespeare
Love, Angel, Evil
William Shakespeare (2009). “Love's Labour's Lost”, p.80, Cambridge University Press

There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distill it out.

William Shakespeare
Men, Evil, Soul
1598-9 King Harry. HenryV, act 4, sc.1, l.4-5.

Good with out evil is like light with out darkness which in turn is like righteousness whith out hope.

William Shakespeare
Light, Evil, Darkness

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water.

William Shakespeare
Writing, Men, Evil
'Henry VIII' (1613) act 4, sc. 2, l. 45

The devil is a gentleman.

William Shakespeare
Evil, Gentleman, Devil

Antonio: Will you stay no longer? nor will you not that I go with you? Sebastian: By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over me; the malignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours; therefore I shall crave of you your leave that I may bear my evils alone. It were a bad recompense for your love to lay any of them on you.

William Shakespeare
Stars, Fate, Evil
William Shakespeare (2005). “Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will”, p.26, 1st World Publishing

Ah, what a sign it is of evil life, Where death's approach is seen so terrible!

William Shakespeare
Life, Evil, Terrible
William Shakespeare (1734). “The Second Part of Henry the Sixth: With the Death of the Good Duke Humphry : a Tragedy”, p.55

Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.

William Shakespeare
Evil, Deeds, Ill
"The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare".

Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck, And yet methinks I have astronomy. But not to tell of good or evil luck, Of plagues, of dearths, or season's quality; Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell ... Or say with princes if it shall go well.

William Shakespeare
Stars, Science, Evil
William Shakespeare (2009). “Sonnets and Other Poems”, p.208, Palgrave Macmillan

Zounds! sir, you are one of those that will not serve God if the devil bid you.

William Shakespeare
Evil, Devil, Serving God
'Othello' (1602-4) act 1, sc. 1, l. 108

Sometimes we are devils to ourselves When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, Presuming on their changeful potency.

William Shakespeare
Evil, Temptation, Sometimes
William Shakespeare (1867). “Works. The Text Carefully Restored According to the First Editions: With Introductions, Notes Original and Selected, and a Life of the Poet”, p.472

Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary And pitch our evils there?

William Shakespeare
Evil, Desire, Sanctuary
William Shakespeare, N. W. Bawcutt (1998). “Measure for Measure”, p.132, Oxford University Press, USA

No man means evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his horns.

William Shakespeare
Mean, Men, Evil
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson (1765). “The Plays of William Shakespeare in Eight Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are Added Notes by Sam Johnson”, p.545

There is an old poor man,. . . . Oppress'd with two weak evils, age and hunger.

William Shakespeare
Men, Two, Evil
William Shakespeare (1790*). “The Beauties of Shakespeare; Selected from His Works. To which are Added, the Principal Scenes in the Same Author. The Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged”, p.204

No evil lost is wailed when it is gone.

William Shakespeare
Evil, Gone, Trouble

Virtue is beauty, but the beauteous evil. Are empty trunks o'erflourished by the devil.

William Shakespeare
Beauty, Evil, Hypocrisy
William Shakespeare (2016). “Twelfth Night”, p.68, Penguin

The apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse.

William Shakespeare
Evil, Giving, Feelings
'Richard II' (1595) act 1, sc. 3, l. 294

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