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55 William Shakespeare Quotes on Success (LIFE)

Top 15 Most Famous William Shakespeare Quotes (BEST)

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.Pin
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
To be, or not to be that is the question.Pin
To be, or not to be: that is the question.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.Pin
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.Pin
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
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.Pin
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.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.Pin
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.Pin
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.
When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.Pin
When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?Pin
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.Pin
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.Pin
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.Pin
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.Pin
Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
I would give all my fame for a pot of ale, and safety.Pin
I would give all my fame for a pot of ale, and safety.
This above all; to thine own self be true.Pin
This above all; to thine own self be true.

16 William Shakespeare Quotes About Love and Life (FRIENDSHIP)

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.Pin
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.Pin
Don’t waste your love on somebody, who doesn’t value it.
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.Pin
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.Pin
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
The course of true love never did run smooth.Pin
The course of true love never did run smooth.
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.Pin
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.
To do a great right do a little wrong.Pin
To do a great right do a little wrong.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.Pin
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope.Pin
The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope.
Love is too young to know what conscience is.Pin
Love is too young to know what conscience is.
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.Pin
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.Pin
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.
Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.Pin
Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.Pin
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
I am not bound to please thee with my answer.Pin
I am not bound to please thee with my answer.
I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is not that strange?Pin
I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is not that strange?

24 Inspirational William Shakespeare Quotes About Self and Death (SUCCESS)

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.Pin
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.Pin
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.Pin
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.Pin
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.Pin
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.Pin
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.Pin
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.Pin
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.Pin
Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.Pin
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.Pin
My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.Pin
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.Pin
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
If music be the food of love, play on. Give me excess of it; that surfeiting. The appetite may sicken, and so die.Pin
If music be the food of love, play on. Give me excess of it; that surfeiting. The appetite may sicken, and so die.
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.Pin
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
Nothing can come of nothing.Pin
Nothing can come of nothing.
My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.Pin
My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.Pin
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men’s cottage princes’ palaces.
O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.Pin
O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.
You speak an infinite deal of nothing.Pin
You speak an infinite deal of nothing.
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.Pin
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.Pin
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.Pin
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
All's well that ends well.Pin
All’s well that ends well.
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William Shakespeare Short Biography

Baptized on 26 April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, William Shakespeare, also known as “the Bard” was a writer, poet, and one of the world’s most popular dramatists.

Unlike his works, most of the details of Shakespeare’s life are uncertain. Shakespeare decided against going to college and instead got married at the age of 18. Not much is known about his life before he became a famous writer.

Shakespeare’s name first came onto the literary scene in 1592, a year later, his first printed work would be published. His poem entitled “Venus and Adonis” told the story of the goddess Venus and how she tried to seduce a man named Adonis.

Most historians believe that from 1594 and onwards Shakespeare was part of a theatrical company called Chamberlain’s Men. By this time, Shakespeare had made being a dramatist his full-time profession, a craft he continued to work on for the next 20 years.

Shakespeare and his numerous stories are known worldwide, these masterpieces have shaped English literature to this day. Shakespeare has expanded the English language by adding new words and phrases which we use in current day writing.

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Here are the best William Shakespeare quotes so you can take control of your destiny and steer yourself into the direction of contentment and success. 

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