— All's Well That Ends Well
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. Born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, he built a career in London as an actor, writer and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men.
His works include some 39 plays, 154 sonnets and 3 long narrative poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He is often called England's national poet, or simply the Bard. Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Macbeth are among his most quoted works in our library.
His works include some 39 plays, 154 sonnets and 3 long narrative poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He is often called England's national poet, or simply the Bard. Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Macbeth are among his most quoted works in our library.
Most quoted works
- Romeo and Juliet 87
- Hamlet 67
- Macbeth 55
- A Midsummer Night's Dream 32
- Much Ado About Nothing 32
- Othello 32
This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
— Hamlet
— A Midsummer Night's Dream
Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.
— Romeo and Juliet
Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
— Romeo and Juliet
Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is!
— Romeo and Juliet
Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change.
— Romeo and Juliet
I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.
— Much Ado About Nothing
...Who could refrain, That had a heart to love, and in that heart Courage to make love known?
— Macbeth
See how she leans her cheek upon her hand. O, that I were a glove upon that hand That I might touch that cheek!
— Romeo and Juliet
For she had eyes and chose me.
— Othello
Life ... is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
— Macbeth
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.
— The Merchant of Venice
Like madness is the glory of this life.
— Timon of Athens
Of all the wonders that I have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
— Julius Caesar
Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.
— Twelfth Night
Life... is a paradise to what we fear of death.
— Measure for Measure
He that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail.
— Romeo and Juliet
My soul is in the sky.
— A Midsummer Night's Dream
Women may fall when there's no strength in men. Act II
— Romeo and Juliet
— Twelfth Night
thus with a kiss I die
— Romeo and Juliet
O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!
— The Tempest
One pain is lessened by another’s anguish. ... Take thou some new infection to thy eye, And the rank poison of the old will die.
— Romeo and Juliet