Quotes by William Shakespeare

Explore 14 approved quotes attributed to William Shakespeare.

About William Shakespeare

Portrait of William Shakespeare
Attributed to John Taylor · Public domain

English playwright and poet · 1564 – 1616

William Shakespeare left Stratford for London, acted, wrote some thirty-eight plays and a sequence of sonnets, held shares in his own theatre company, and retired home comfortably off — an unusually businesslike life for a writer of that stature. He invented or first recorded a remarkable number of English words and rather more of its phrases. He is the most quoted writer in the language, frequently by people who do not know they are doing it, which is about as complete a victory as literature offers.

Known for: Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It

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