William Shakespeare

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

To thine own self be true -; And it must follow as the night the day; Thou canst not be false to any man

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know she lies.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene V (MacBeth)

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

Life is 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 tall Tale, Told by an Idiot, full of Sound and Fury, Signifying nothing."

William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene V (MacBeth)

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 1

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

I would fain die a dry death.

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 1

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 1

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 1

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

What seest thou else
In the dark backward and abysm of time?

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated
To closeness and the bettering of my mind.

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

Like one
Who having into truth, by telling of it,
Made such a sinner of his memory,
To credit his own lie.

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

My library
Was dukedom large enough.

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

From the still-vexed Bermoothes.

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting gently.

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

Fill all thy bones with aches.

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

The fringed curtains of thine eye advance.

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 2 scene 2

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

A very ancient and fish-like smell.

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 2 scene 2

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 2 scene 2

Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 2 scene 2