144 Shakespeare Quotes Everyone Should Read At Least Once

“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.” - Polonius, 'Hamlet'

“Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.” - King Henry IV, 'Henry IV'

“No legacy is so rich as honesty.” - Mariana, 'All's Well That Ends Well'

“In time we hate that which we often fear.” - Charmian, 'Antony and Cleopatra'

“Brevity is the soul of wit.”

“One may smile, and smile, be a villain.”

“Conscience doth make cowards of us all.” – "Hamlet"

“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-ey’d monster, which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” – Iago, "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice"

“If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.” - 'Hamlet'

“Be great in act, as you have been in thought.” - 'The Life and Death of King John'

“Many a true word hath been spoken in jest.” – 'King Lear'

“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.” – Dauphin, 'Henry V'

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.” - Juliet, 'Romeo and Juliet'

“They do not love that do not show their love.” - Julia, 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona'

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” – 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

“Love is too young to know what conscience is.” – "Sonnet 151"

“Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” - Romeo, 'Romeo and Juliet'

“For which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?” - Bene, 'Much Ado about Nothing'

“Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.” – "Venus and Adonis"