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All's Well That Ends Well

Famous Quotes from All's Well That Ends Well

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Shakespeare was adept at writing comedies as well as tragedies. However, most literature enthusiasts can't decide how to classify the famous play, All's Well That Ends Well -- as a comic tragedy or a tragic comedy. The play exposes the darker side of love -- selfishness, deceit, and treachery. Most people comment on the irony of the title of the play, which proclaims that 'all is well.' Read quotes from Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well.

All 's Well that Ends Well, Act II, Sc. III
They say miracles are past.

All 's Well that Ends Well, Act I, Sc. III
My friends were poor but honest.

All 's Well that Ends Well, Act III, Sc. V
No legacy is so rich as honesty.

All 's Well that Ends Well, Act V, Sc. III
Whose words all ears took captive.

All 's Well that Ends Well, Act II, Sc. III
All the learned and authentic fellows.

All 's Well that Ends Well, Act I, Sc. III
He must needs go that the devil drives.

All 's Well that Ends Well, Act V, Sc. III
The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time.

All 's Well that Ends Well, Act V, Sc. III
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.

All 's Well that Ends Well, Act II, Sc. III
A young man married is a man that's marr'd.

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