30 William Shakespeare Quotes About Love, Life, Friendship and Death

Better known for his Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare [ biography and facts ] was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. Hamlet is another one of his greatest works.

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If you are into plays, there is a website called No Fear Shakespeare. No Fear Shakespeare puts Shakespeare’s language side-by-side with a facing-page translation into modern English—the kind of English people actually speak today. Without further ado, here are 30 amazing quotes by William Shakespeare taken from his old English books and translated into modern English.

We know what they are, but know not what they may be. – William Shakespeare

Things done well and with care, except themselves from fear. – William Shakespeare

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. – William Shakespeare

It is not in the stars to hold their destiny but in ourselves. – William Shakespeare

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. – William Shakespeare

If music is the food of love, play on. – William Shakespeare

Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. – William Shakespeare

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. – William Shakespeare

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

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another. – William Shakespeare

No legacy is so rich as honesty. – William Shakespeare

Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste of death but once. – William Shakespeare

Ignorance is the curse of God. Knowledge is the wing wherewith they fly to heaven. – William Shakespeare

listen to many, speak to a few. – William Shakespeare

Hell is empty and all the devils are here. – William Shakespeare

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. – William Shakespeare

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind. – William Shakespeare

Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall. – William Shakespeare

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound. – William Shakespeare

There is no darkness but ignorance. – William Shakespeare

To be, or not to be, that is the question. – William Shakespeare

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. – William Shakespeare

Please and action make the hours seem short. – William Shakespeare

Virtue is bold and goodness never fearful. – William Shakespeare

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. – William Shakespeare

In a false quarrel, there is no true valor. – William Shakespeare

When words are scare, they seldom spend in vain. – William Shakespeare

Virtue is bold and goodness never fearful. – William Shakespeare

Love is too young to know what conscience is. – William Shakespeare

Time and the hour run through the roughest day. – William Shakespeare