“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”

— William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5

About William Shakespeare

1564 – 1616

English playwright and poet, author of 'Hamlet', 'Macbeth' and 'Romeo and Juliet'.

“To thine own self be true.”

“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”

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

“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”

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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”

“Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.”

“What, then, is time? If no one ask of me, I know; if I wish to explain to him who asks, I know not.”