Ten Famous Quotations from Shakespeare's Works
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  • To be, or not to be: that is the question. --- Hamlet, III:1

  • Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. --- All's Well That Ends Well, I:1

  • Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow. --- Romeo and Juliet, II:2

  • Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. --- Twelfth Night, II:5

  • If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? --- Merchant of Venice, III:1

  • There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. --- Hamlet, I:5

  • If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me. --- Macbeth, I:3

  • Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. --- Twelfth Night, III:1

  • If I lose mine honour, I lose myself. --- Antony & Cleopatra, III:4

  • It's not enough to speak, but to speak true. --- Midsummer Night's Dream, V:1