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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet. Their most powerful quotes on life, success and human nature are collected here for daily inspiration and reflection.

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"To do a great right, do a little wrong."

-- William Shakespeare

"To do a great right, do a little wrong."

-- William Shakespeare

"Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind."

-- William Shakespeare

"Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind."

-- William Shakespeare

"Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill."

-- William Shakespeare

"Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill."

-- William Shakespeare

"Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to heaven."

-- William Shakespeare

"Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to heaven."

-- William Shakespeare

"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow."

-- William Shakespeare

"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow."

-- William Shakespeare

"Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale."

-- William Shakespeare

"Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale."

-- William Shakespeare

"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."

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"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."

-- William Shakespeare

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow."

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"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow."

-- William Shakespeare

"Many a true word hath been spoken in jest."

-- William Shakespeare

"Many a true word hath been spoken in jest."

-- William Shakespeare

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair."

-- William Shakespeare

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair."

-- William Shakespeare

"Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time."

-- William Shakespeare

"Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time."

-- William Shakespeare

"Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind."

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"Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind."

-- William Shakespeare

"Tempt not a desperate man."

-- William Shakespeare

"Tempt not a desperate man."

-- William Shakespeare

"The ripest fruit first falls."

-- William Shakespeare

"The ripest fruit first falls."

-- William Shakespeare

"One may smile, and smile, and be a villain."

-- William Shakespeare

"One may smile, and smile, and be a villain."

-- William Shakespeare

"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another."

-- William Shakespeare

"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another."

-- William Shakespeare

"Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven."

-- William Shakespeare

"Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven."

-- William Shakespeare

"O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant."

-- William Shakespeare

"O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant."

-- William Shakespeare

"The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven."

-- William Shakespeare

"The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven."

-- William Shakespeare

"If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me."

-- William Shakespeare

"If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me."

-- William Shakespeare

"True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings."

-- William Shakespeare

"True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings."

-- William Shakespeare

"Be great in act, as you have been in thought."

-- William Shakespeare

"Be great in act, as you have been in thought."

-- William Shakespeare

"Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing."

-- William Shakespeare

"Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing."

-- William Shakespeare

"A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser."

-- William Shakespeare

"A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser."

-- William Shakespeare

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Who is William Shakespeare? +

William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet. Their most powerful quotes on life, success and human nature are collected here for daily inspiration and reflection.

What is William Shakespeare's most famous quote? +

One of William Shakespeare's most widely shared quotes is: "Thought is free.".

What did William Shakespeare say about success? +

On success, William Shakespeare said: "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.".

What did William Shakespeare say about wisdom? +

On wisdom, William Shakespeare said: "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.".

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William Shakespeare's quotes endure because they turn ideas about Success, Wisdom, Integrity, Love into clear, memorable language that is easy to relate to and share.

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