Embark on a captivating journey through the majestic words of William Shakespeare, a literary titan whose penned thoughts have become timeless treasures. This collection of quotes celebrates the brilliance of Shakespeare's craft, uncovering profound insights into the human condition. Each section, featuring myriad quotes, highlights different facets of his wisdom. From love and ambition to nature and truth, relish in an excursion through the Bard's intellectual landscapes, perfect for enhancing your social media prose. Let these excerpts inspire your digital audience, uplifting posts with their eloquence and timeless appeal.
Quotes on Love from the Bard
"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."
"Speak low if you speak love."
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
"When I saw you, I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew."
"Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move, Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love."
"Loved not wisely but too well."
"They do not love that do not show their love."
"Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?"
"Love is merely a madness."
"One-half of me is yours, the other half yours, Mine own, I would say; but if mine, then yours, And so all yours."
"For where thou art, there is the world itself, and where thou art not, desolation."
Quotes on Life and Daily Struggles
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more."
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt."
"Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break."
"Everyone can master a grief but he that has it."
"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit."
"Brevity is the soul of wit."
"Such is my love, to thee I so belong, That for thy right myself will bear all wrong."
"Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind."
Quotes on Power and Politics
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
"Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving."
"When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools."
"What’s done cannot be undone."
"There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune."
"O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant."
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."
"Be not afraid of greatness."
"Men in rage strike those that wish them best."
"Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast."
"The better part of Valour, is Discretion."
"Nature teaches beasts to know their friends."
Quotes on Friendship and Companionship
"A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow."
"Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find."
"Keep thy friend Under thy own life's key."
"Friendship is constant in all other things save in the office and affairs of love."
"Good company, good wine, good welcome can make good people."
"I am wealthy in my friends."
"Foul words is but foul wind, and foul wind is but foul breath, and foul breath is noisome; therefore I will depart unkissed."
"Many a good hang has prevented a bad marriage."
"Love sought is good, but giv'n unsought, is better."
"I would not wish any companion in the world but you."
"Bonds of friendship multiply happiness and divide grief."
"Your friendship makes us fresh."
Quotes on Ambition and Success
"Ambition should be made of sterner stuff."
"Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall."
"Vaulting ambition, which o'er-leaps itself and falls on the other side."
"Nothing can come of nothing."
"Suit the action to the word, the word to the action."
"Assume a virtue, if you have it not."
"Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments."
"Men at some time are masters of their fates."
"Present fears are worse than horrible imaginings."
"To do a great right, do a little wrong."
"What is past is prologue."
"Conscience doth make cowards of us all."
Quotes on Destiny and Fate
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves."
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
"Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered."
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves."
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep."
"O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!"
"Time and the hour runs through the roughest day."
"Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing."
"Time, other people, and the public are mobile, quickly warmed, quickly chilled; believing and doubting question them at your expense."
"We have seen better days."
"True is it that we have seen better days."
"How far that little candle throws his beams."
Quotes on Nature and Beauty
"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."
"Earthly power doth then show likest God's when mercy seasons justice."
"My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy."
"Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good."
"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!"
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate."
"Nature loves to hide and to reveal herself-a thing to be submissive to!"
"These violent delights have violent ends."
"He jests at scars that never felt a wound."
"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come."
"None but ourselves can free our minds."
"An overflowing heart does not overflow its furrows."
Quotes on Wisdom and Knowledge
"Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind."
"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
"A fool fathoms the depths of folly."
"To know a man well, were to know himself."
"This above all: to thine own self be true."
"The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together."
"Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow."
"In time we hate that which we often fear."
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."
"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below."
"A great worry unwinds a humorous trouble."
"If music be the food of love, play on."
Quotes on Humor and Wit
"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit."
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't."
"I am Sir Oracle, and when I open my lips, let no dog bark."
"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come."
"Jesters do oft prove prophets."
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
"I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at."
"Laugh yourself into stitches."
"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit."
"Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner, Honest intention never was bad."
"A light heart lives long."
"Wisdom cries out in the streets, and no man regards it."
Quotes on Truth and Integrity
"This above all: to thine own self be true."
"No legacy is so rich as honesty."
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves."
"Truth is truth to the end of reckoning."
"Truth needs no colour, with his colour, fixed; Beauty no pencil, beauty's truth to lay."
"Be great in act, as you have been in thought."
"The truth will out."
"Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day"
"All that glitters is not gold."
"How far that little candle throws his beams so shines a good deed in weary world."
"What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
"God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another."
Final words
William Shakespeare's unparalleled influence permeates through centuries, elevating every mind with the beauty and complexity crafted in his phrases. His reflection on human nature transcends time, offering solace, laughter, and wisdom to those who seek it, whether embracing the thrill of love, pondering existence, or humorously confronting folly. Shakespeare’s quotes serve not just as a historical artifact but a living inspiration, a reflection of enduring truth. Share them to ignite conversation, to frame your thoughts boldly, and to celebrate the indelible power of language. Let the Bard’s words resound, elevating our social technosphere—a timeless muse in an ever-evolving digital framework.
