"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed!”
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“We know what we are, but not what we may be.”
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!”
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.”
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.”
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.”
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“One may smile, and smile, and be a villain. ”
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.”
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”
― William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet
O wonder!
How many godly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in't.
— William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Tempest, Act V, Scene I, ll. 203–206
"The weight of this sad time we must obey,
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say"
— William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“O sleep, o gentle sleep, nature’s soft nurse”
— William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
"Much Ado About Nothing"
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
“Innocent sleep. Sleep that soothes away all our worries. Sleep that puts each day to rest. Sleep that relieves the weary labourer and heals hurt minds. Sleep, the main course in life’s feast, and the most nourishing”
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)