William Shakespeare is considered the greatest English language writer and one of the worlds best playwrights. He lived for 52 years, wrote 154 sonnets, and 37 plays, including Macbeth, Hamlet, and his most famous - Romeo and Juliet. He helped solidify and shape many words and phrases in the English language.
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He is infinitely quotable and here we present some of his most famous quotes.
- “Brevity is the soul of wit.”
- “Strong reasons make strong actions.”
- “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
- “If music be the food of love, play on.”
- “I will wear my heart upon my sleeve”
- “The course of true love never did run smooth.”
- “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”
- “Love’s stories written in love’s richest books. To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes.”
- “Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.”
- “A little more than kin, and less than kind.”
- “Friendship is constant in all other things”
- “Love me or hate me, both are in my favor...If you love me, I’ll always be in your heart...If you hate me, I’ll always be in your mind.”
- “‘Tis neither here nor there.”
- “Nothing will come of nothing.”
- “Pray you now, forget and forgive.”
- “He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.”
- “I am fortune’s fool”
- “I have not slept one wink.”
- “Live,love,and let be”
- “Now is the winter of our discontent”
- “Things won are done; joy’s soul lies in the doing.”