Welcome to our William Shakespeare quotes page. These Shakespeare quotes are easily usable on your phone. If you press and hold any of these images, then click copy, you can paste them into your messages and send them to friends. We will add more of these quotes to this page over time. Shakespeare if of course one of the most quoted authors in history. We’ve collected some of his best known quotes here so you can share them with your friends.
Shakespeare’s first play was believe to have been published in 1591, and he died in 1616. For 25 years Shakespeare play were sought after, and after his death we all know how famous his works are know. Most schools across the world still teaching at least one of Shakespeare’s plays. One of the reasons his plays and poems are still so popular is that his lines speak to every situation. His quotes tell us about ourselves. These quotes, as with all of Shakespeare quotes, address our nature. We’ve picked quotes on this page that are sure to be responses to different situations in your life, and in the lives of others. We hope you find them useful.
Like as the waves make towards the pebbl’d shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end. William Shakespeare
The course of true love never did run smooth. – William Shakespeare
When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions! ― William Shakespeare
Talking isn’t doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds. William Shakespeare
It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions. William Shakespeare
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. William Shakespeare
I bear a charmed life. William Shakespeare
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare
I say there is no darkness but ignorance. William Shakespeare
It is a wise father that knows his own child. William Shakespeare
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“I say there is no darkness but ignorance”
This is absolutely great! It is true as we think about it now. Shakespeare was right.
Thanks for sharing these quotes.