Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare is the most widely read of all Authors and the popularity of the works of Shakespeare, in
English speaking countries, is second only to the Bible.
Julius Caesar Famous Quotations from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is a treasure trove of quotations that have become a part of present-day culture. Here are the
ten most famous of them all.
1. Beware the ides of March.
(1.2.23), Soothsayer
2.
Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar!
(3.1.77), Cæsar
3. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Cæsar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar.
(3.2.79-83), Antony
4. It was Greek to me.
(1.2.289), Casca
5. Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
(2.2.34), Cæsar
6. This was the noblest Roman of them all.
(5.5.75), Antony
7. Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
(1.2.146-8), Cassius
8. This was the most unkindest cut of all.
(3.2.193), Antony
9. Let’s carve him as a dish fit for the gods.
(2.1.173), Brutus
10. Not that I loved Cæsar less, but that I loved Rome more.
(3.2.23), Brutus
Famous Quotations from Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is packed with unforgettable quotations that have become a part of present-day culture. Here are the ten
most famous of them all. Please visit the Romeo and Juliet main page for full explanatory notes.
1.What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet.
(2.2.45-6), Juliet
2.O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
(2.2.35), Juliet
3.A plague o' both your houses!
They have made worms' meat of me!
(3.1.95-6), Mercutio
4.But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
(2.2.2-3), Romeo
5.A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life.
(Prologue, 7)
6.Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
(2.2.197-8), Juliet
7.See how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!
(2.2.23-5), Romeo
8.Thus with a kiss I die.
(5.3.121), Romeo
9.O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright.
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
(1.5.43-45), Romeo
10.O happy dagger!
(5.3.175), Juliet
Hamlet
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!
Othello
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.
I will wear my heart upon my sleeve.
(1.1.66), Iago
'Tis neither here nor there.
(4.3.62), Emilia
A foregone conclusion.
(3.3.474), Othello
Pomp and circumstance.
(3.3.394), Othello
Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what
remains is bestial.
(2.3.265), Cassio
Quotes Mistakenly Attributed to Shakespeare
Granted, Shakespeare gave us more memorable quotes than any other writer, but often he gets credit for the clever quips
of other greats, like Ben Franklin and John Milton. Here are some of the most common words of wisdom mistakenly
attributed to the Bard.
Oh what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive. - Sir Walter Scott (Marmion, 1808)
No man is an island. - John Donne (The Bait, 1624)
Come live with me and be my love. - Christopher Marlowe (Passionate Shepherd to his Love, 1599)
For you suffer fools gladly, seeing yourself as wise. - II Corinthians 11:19.
Remember, that time is money. - Benjamin Franklin (Advice to a Young Tradesman, 1748)
For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. - 14th-Century proverb famously recalled in Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's
Almanack
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. - William Congreve (The Mourning Bride, 1.1)
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. - William Congreve (The Mourning Bride, 3.8)
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul. - William Ernest Henley (Invictus, 1875)
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Sonnets from the Portuguese, 1850)
So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear,
Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost;
Evil be thou my Good. - John Milton (Paradise Lost, bk.iv,1.108, 1667)
War is the trade of kings. - John Dryden (King Arthur, II.ii, 1691)
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. -- Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities, 1859)
The law is a ass. -- Charles Dickens (Oliver Twist, 1838)
These lovely lamps, these windows of the soul. -- Guillaume Du Bartas (Divine Weekes and Workes, Sixth Day)
Shakespeare Quote Samples
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
This above all; to thine own self be true.
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.
But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
In time we hate that which we often fear.