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William Shakespeare

Read through the most famous quotes from William Shakespeare




Neither a borrower nor a lender be.


— William Shakespeare


#lender #neither #nor

There is no darkness but ignorance.


— William Shakespeare


#ignorance

An overflow of good converts to bad.


— William Shakespeare


#converts #good #overflow

The wheel is come full circle.


— William Shakespeare


#come #full #wheel

Give thy thoughts no tongue.


— William Shakespeare


#thoughts #thy #tongue

Expectation is the root of all heartache.


— William Shakespeare


#heartache #root

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.


— William Shakespeare


#covet #honor #i #i am #most

For my part, it was Greek to me.


— William Shakespeare


#me #part

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.


— William Shakespeare


#run #slow #stumble #wisely

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.


— William Shakespeare


#course #embrace #me #men #say






About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quotes




Did you know about William Shakespeare?

According to Shakespearean scholar James Shapiro in Julius Caesar "the various strands of politics character inwardness contemporary events even Shakespeare's own reflections on the act of writing began to infuse each other". In 1598 the cleric and author Francis Meres singled him out from a group of English writers as "the most excellent" in both comedy and tragedy. Many of his plays were publiWilliam Shakespeared in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime.

In the 20th century his work was repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway with whom he had three children: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith.

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