“The better part of valour is discretion; in the which better part I have saved my life.”
William Shakespeare Quotes · Page 2
1564 – 1616
English playwright and poet, author of 'Hamlet', 'Macbeth' and 'Romeo and Juliet'.
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
“What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty!”
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.”
“Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.”
“So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”
“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.”
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
“What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
“Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of York.”
“Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust.”
“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage.”
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“The night is full of stories, and every shadow can become a character.”
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”
