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William Shakespeare Quotes about Life

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

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

William Shakespeare
Love, Inspirational, Life
William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.226

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Life, Truth
1604-5 Mariana to Diana. All'sWellThat EndsWell, act 3, sc.5, l.12-13.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Life, Success
William Shakespeare (1838). “The Pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. [8 vols., including a vol. entitled William Shakspere, by C. Knight].”, p.281

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

William Shakespeare
Funny, Life, Sarcastic

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, Success
'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.

William Shakespeare
Life, Memorable, Fool
'King Lear' (1605-6) act 4, sc. 6, l. [187]

Thoughts are but dreams till their effects are tried.

William Shakespeare
Life, Dream, Effects

Things without all remedy should be without regard: what's done is done.

William Shakespeare
Life, Time, Past
'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 2, l. 11

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Life, Nature
'Troilus And Cressida' (1602) act 3, sc. 3, l. 171

We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.

William Shakespeare
Life, Good Night, Dream
'The Tempest' (1611) act 4, sc. 1, l. 148

Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

William Shakespeare
Life, Stars, Fate
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. 134

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

William Shakespeare
Life, Fathers Day, Kings
'King Lear' (1605-6) act 1, sc. 4, l. [312]

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.

William Shakespeare
Life, Yarn, Together
'All's Well that Ends Well' (1603-4) act 4, sc. 3, l. [83]

Let life be short, else shame will be too long.

William Shakespeare
Life, Long, Shame
1598-9 Bourbon, returning to the battle. HenryV, act 4, sc.5, l.19.

Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

William Shakespeare
Life, Fear, Passion

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

William Shakespeare
Life, Wise, Wisdom

I am not bound to please thee with my answer.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Life, Venice
'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. 65

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.

William Shakespeare
Love, Life, Family
1601 Olivia.Twelfth Night, act 3, sc.1, l.154.

Make use of time, let not advantage slip.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Life, Time
1593 Venus and Adonis, stanza 22, l.129-32.

The object of Art is to give life a shape.

William Shakespeare
Life, Art, Giving

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.

William Shakespeare
Life, Wisdom, Men
1599 Antony. Julius Caesar, act 3, sc.2, l.74-86.

Life's uncertain voyage.

William Shakespeare
Life, Philosophical, Voyages
'Timon Of Athens' act 5, sc. 1, l. [203]

The course of true love never did run smooth.

William Shakespeare
Love, Life, Summer
'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 1, sc. 1, l. 132

Let's go hand in hand, not one before another.

William Shakespeare
Love, Life, Family
BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2011). “The Comedy of Errors In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, p.171, BookCaps Study Guides

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
Life, Running, Nature
'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 1, l. 12

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