William Shakespeare Quotes

• There is nothing so confining as the prisons of our own perceptions.

  William Shakespeare

  Thinking, Perception, Prison

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• The eye sees all, but the mind shows us what we want to see.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Mind, Want

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  What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

  William Shakespeare

  Eras, Idiot, Blind

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  Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.

  William Shakespeare

  Speak Less, Temperance, Shows

  William Shakespeare, Alfred Leslie Rowse (1984). “King Lear: modern text with introduction”, Univ Pr of Amer

  364 Copy quote

• Laughing faces do not mean that there is absence of sorrow!
  But it means that they have the ability to deal with it

  William Shakespeare

  Mean, Laughing, Sorrow

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• All the world is a stage and we are merely players.

  William Shakespeare

  Player, World, Stage

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• When I got enough confidence, the stage was gone. When I was sure of losing, I won. When I needed people the most, they left me. When I learnt to dry my tears, I found a shoulder to cry on. And when I mastered the art of hating, somebody started loving me.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Hate, People

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• If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.

  William Shakespeare

  Can Not, Ifs

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• Never play with the feelings of others, because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for life time

  William Shakespeare

  Winning, Games, Play

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  The Eyes are the window to your soul

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Soul, Window

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• Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.226

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• Doubt is a thief that often makes us fear to tread where we might have won.

  William Shakespeare

  Doubt, Thieves, Might

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  Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Evil, Hell

  William Shakespeare, Virginia Mason Vaughan, Alden T. Vaughan (1999). “The Tempest: Third Series”, p.164, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• I love thee, I love thee with a love that shall not die. Till the sun grows cold and the stars grow old.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Romantic, Stars

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• Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.

  William Shakespeare

  Fall

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• I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed!

  William Shakespeare

  Sarcastic, Witty, Funny Life

  368 Copy quote

• Nothing comes from doing nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Doing Nothing, Action

  136 Copy quote

• You know who you are, but know not who you could be.

  William Shakespeare

  Knows, Who You Are

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• The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

  William Shakespeare

  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

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• Silence is the perfect herald of joy.

  William Shakespeare

  Perfect, Silence, Joy

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• We suffer a lot the few things we lack and we enjoy too little the many things we have.

  William Shakespeare

  Suffering, Littles, Enjoy

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• Love does not see with the eyes, but with the soul.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Soul, Doe

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• Brevity is the soul of wit.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Attitude, Communication

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. 90

  101 Copy quote

• Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 5, l. [158]

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• Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Time, Three

  William Shakespeare (1784). “Stockdale's edition of Shakespeare, with explanatory notes”, p.56

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