144 Shakespeare Quotes Everyone Should Read At Least Once

“Talking isn’t doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.” - 'King Henry VIII'

“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.” - Gratiano, 'The Merchant of Venice'

“And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.” - 'As You Like It'

“Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.” - 'Othello'

“Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake.” - 'Romeo & Juliet'

“The course of true love never did run smooth.” – Lysander, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

“Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak.” - 'As You Like It'

“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.” - Beatrice, 'Much Ado About Nothing'

“Men in rage strike those that wish them best.” Iago, 'Othello'

“Boldness be my friend.” - Iachimo, 'Cymbeline'

“Such as we are made of, such we be.” - Viola, 'Twelfth Night'

“I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.” - 'As You Like It'

“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

“All things are ready, if our mind be so.” - 'Henry V'

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” - 'Sonnet 18'

“Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.” - Olivia, 'Twelfth Night'

“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”

“Listen to many, speak to a few.” - Polonius, 'Hamlet'

“When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions!”

“So wise so young, they say, do never live long.” - Richard, '
Richard III'