Quotations by William Shakespeare

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Make deeds ill done!

William Shakespeare · King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.

Sweet are the uses of adversity

William Shakespeare · As You Like It

To be, or not to be, that is the question:

William Shakespeare · Hamlet

brevity is the soul of wit

William Shakespeare · Hamlet

The course of true love never did run smooth

William Shakespeare · A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

William Shakespeare · Henry IV, Part 2

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

William Shakespeare · Julius Caesar

Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt.

William Shakespeare · Measure for Measure

We are such stuff As dreams are made on

William Shakespeare · The Tempest

All that glisters is not gold

William Shakespeare · The Merchant of Venice

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

William Shakespeare · Hamlet

That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.

William Shakespeare · Romeo and Juliet

This above all: to thine own self be true

William Shakespeare · Hamlet

All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players;

William Shakespeare · As You Like It

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves

William Shakespeare · Julius Caesar

there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

William Shakespeare · Hamlet

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Chi manca di mezzi, contento e quattrini, tre buoni amici non ha vicini.

William Shakespeare · Come vi piace / Citazioni

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Il matto si crede saggio, ma il saggio sa d'esser matto.

William Shakespeare · Come vi piace / Citazioni

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Piuttosto che fare il buffone a questo modo, vadano l'alta carica e l'onore a chi ci si adatta.

William Shakespeare · Coriolano / Citazioni

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Preferirei farmi grattare la testa al sole quando fosse suonato l'allarme, che stare qui pigramente a sentir magnificare come prodigi i miei nonnulla.

William Shakespeare · Coriolano / Citazioni