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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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"Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know."

-- William Shakespeare

"Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know."

-- William Shakespeare

"Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds."

-- William Shakespeare

"Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds."

-- William Shakespeare

"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit."

-- William Shakespeare

"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit."

-- William Shakespeare

"The empty vessel makes the greatest sound."

-- William Shakespeare

"The empty vessel makes the greatest sound."

-- William Shakespeare

"Men of few words are the best men."

-- William Shakespeare

"Men of few words are the best men."

-- William Shakespeare

"This above all; to thine own self be true."

-- William Shakespeare

"This above all; to thine own self be true."

-- William Shakespeare

"The miserable have no other medicine but only hope."

-- William Shakespeare

"The miserable have no other medicine but only hope."

-- William Shakespeare

"But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we'll not fail."

-- William Shakespeare

"But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we'll not fail."

-- William Shakespeare

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."

-- William Shakespeare

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."

-- William Shakespeare

"Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting."

-- William Shakespeare

"Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting."

-- William Shakespeare

"Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself."

-- William Shakespeare

"Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself."

-- William Shakespeare

"Et tu, Brute!"

-- William Shakespeare

"Et tu, Brute!"

-- William Shakespeare

"Thought is free."

-- William Shakespeare

"Thought is free."

-- William Shakespeare

"Action is eloquence."

-- William Shakespeare

"Action is eloquence."

-- William Shakespeare

"O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on."

-- William Shakespeare

"O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on."

-- William Shakespeare

"All things are ready if our minds be so."

-- William Shakespeare

"All things are ready if our minds be so."

-- William Shakespeare

"Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

-- William Shakespeare

"Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

-- William Shakespeare

"Pleasure and action make the hours seem short."

-- William Shakespeare

"Pleasure and action make the hours seem short."

-- William Shakespeare

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be."

-- William Shakespeare

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be."

-- William Shakespeare

"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come."

-- William Shakespeare

"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come."

-- William Shakespeare

"I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."

-- William Shakespeare

"I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."

-- William Shakespeare

"Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast."

-- William Shakespeare

"Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast."

-- William Shakespeare

"How poor are they that have not patience!"

-- William Shakespeare

"How poor are they that have not patience!"

-- William Shakespeare

"Though she be but little, she is fierce."

-- William Shakespeare

"Though she be but little, she is fierce."

-- William Shakespeare

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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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