William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616)was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
Here are the most notable quotes by William Shakespeare:
1. "To be, or not to be: that is the question."
2. "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
3. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
4. "If music be the food of love, play on."
5. "The course of true love never did run smooth."
6. "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."
7. "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."
8. "Brevity is the soul of wit."
9. "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
10. "We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep."
11. "Now is the winter of our discontent."
12. "Et tu, Brute?"
13. "The better part of valor is discretion."
14. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears."
15. "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."
16. "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."
17. "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
18. "This above all: to thine own self be true."
19. "Parting is such sweet sorrow."
20. "Out, damned spot! Out, I say!"
21. "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
22. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
23. "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?"
24. "All that glitters is not gold."
25. "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."
26. "The course of true love never did run smooth."
27. "Brevity is the soul of wit."
28. "We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep."
29. "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"
30. "Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow."