William Shakespeare Quotes

I must be cruel only to be kind. (Hamlet)

Happy are they that hear their detractions, and can put them to mending. (Much Ado About Nothing)

For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. (Hamlet)

Didst thou never hear – That things ill got had ever bad success? And happy always was it for that son Whose father for his hoarding went to hell? (Henry VI)

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And […]

Peace and plenty breed cowards; hardness over hardiness is the mother. (Cymbeline)

Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure. (The Taming of the Shrew)

The blood more stirs to rouse a lion than to start a hare! (Henry IV)

For courage mounteth with occasion. (King John)

But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we’ll not fail. (Macbeth)