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Famous Shakespeare Quotes. Some William Shakespeare quotes are known for their beauty, some Shakespeare quotes for their everyday truths and some for their wisdom. As the most quoted English writer, Shakespeare created more than his fair share of famous quotes.
The 50 Shakespeare quotes on life below are taken from across all of his many plays and sonnets. When we’re feeling cynical we often reach for this Shakespeare quote about life: “Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.”. King John.
In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare gave the world such memorable quotes as “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet“, “parting is such sweet sorrow”, “a plague on both your houses” and dozens more. Below is our pick of the very best quotes from Romeo and Juliet, spoken by a variety of primary and secondary characters in the play.
We’ve pulled together all of the top Macbeth quotes below from primary and secondary characters – as well as a good selection from the eponymous hero and his wife – shown in order of the quote appearing in the play, listing the character speaking along with act and scene.
Hamlet may be the most quotable of all Shakespeare's plays. Read our selection of the most memorable Hamlet quotes, with links to translations and analysis. 1. Something.
Julius Caesar is a Shakespeare play with many instantly recognisable quotes – ‘Friends, Romans, countrymen’ anyone? As with so many of his plays Shakespeare brings the characters to life with fantastic dialogue and some very memorable quotes.
So, from the author who famously wrote ‘never doubt that I love’, here are the all-time top love quotes from William Shakespeare: 1. ‘If music be the food of love, play on’. (Twelfth Night – Act 1, Scene 1) 2. ‘There’s beggary in love that can be reckoned’.
Here are 20 great quotes about Shakespeare from the world’s top creative minds, past and present: Ralph Waldo Emerson. “He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life. Nor sequent centuries could hit Orbit and sum of Shakespeare’s wit.”. . T. S. Eliot.
Select the Shakespeare quote category below to see a list of Shakespeare’s best quotes of that type: 50 Shakespeare Quotes About Death. 50 Shakespeare Quotes About Science. 50 Shakespeare Quotes About War. 50 Shakespeare Quotes for Weddings.
So in this selection of funniest Shakespeare quotes we’ve stuck to the most amusing Shakespeare insults, a few obviously funny one-liners, and finish with one of Shakespeare’s dirtiest jokes which does require some explanation, but is worth it.