William Shakespeare Quotes

Noted playwright William Shakespeare was known as a man with a razor sharp wit. He was brilliant with words that left an echo in the hearts of art lovers all over the world. Read some of the greatest Shakespeare quotes in these pages and you will know what I mean. Even if you are not familiar with Shakespeare's famous plays, the quotes convey a lot of meaning.

Antony and Cleopatra -- Act III, Sc. XIII: Shakespeare Quotes
He wears the rose
Of youth upon him.

King Lear -- Act III, Sc. IV: Shakespeare Quotes
I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban.

Othello -- Act V, Sc. II: Shakespeare Quotes
So sweet was ne'er so fatal.

The Merry Wives of Windsor -- Act I, Sc. III: Shakespeare Quotes
O base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield?

Othello -- Act III, Sc. III: Shakespeare Quotes
I am declined
Into the vale of years.

King Lear -- Act IV, Sc. I: Shakespeare Quotes
The worst is not
So long as we can say, "This is the worst."

Antony and Cleopatra -- Act V, Sc. II: Shakespeare Quotes
I have
Immortal longings in me.

King Lear -- Act III, Sc. II: Shakespeare Quotes
Tremble, thou wretch,
That hast within thee undivulged crimes,
Unwhipp'd of justice.

The Tempest -- Act II, Sc. II: Shakespeare Quotes
A very ancient and fish-like smell.

Othello -- Act V, Sc. I: Shakespeare Quotes
Every way makes my gain.

The Two Gentleman of Verona -- Act II, Sc. I: Shakespeare Quotes
O jest unseen, inscrutable, invisible,
As a nose on a man's face, 1 or a weathercock on a steeple.

Othello -- Act V, Sc. II: Shakespeare Quotes
Man but a rush against Othello's breast,
And he retires.

The Merry Wives of Windsor -- Act IV, Sc. I: Shakespeare Quotes
Your hearts are mighty, your skins are whole.

Antony and Cleopatra -- Act I, Sc. V: Shakespeare Quotes
A morsel for a monarch.

King Lear -- Act III, Sc. II: Shakespeare Quotes
There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.