William Shakespeare
Quotes : Plays
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time
plays many parts.
As You Like it: Act II, Scene VII
To be, or not to be: that is the question.
Hamlet: Act III, Scene I
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Twelfth Night: Act II, Scene V
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
Julius Caesar: Act II, Scene II
One that loved not wisely, but too well.
Othello: Act 5, Scene II
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.
The Tempest: Act IV, Scene I
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!
Macbeth: Act IV, Scene I
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.
MacBeth: Act 5, Scene 5
Give the devil his due.
Henry IV (Part I): Act I, Scene II
"The better part of valour is discretion".
Henry IV (Part I): Act V, Scene IV
"He hath eaten me out of house and home".
Henry IV (Part II): Act II, Scene I
What's done is done.
Macbeth: Act III, Scene II
I'll not budge an inch.
Taming of the Shrew: Induction, Scene I