William Shakespeare Quotes

1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor
quotes
402
topics
12
Origin
What do these mean?
Topic
“Words pay no debts.”
Debt
“It was Greek to me.”
Language
“Action is eloquence.”
Action
“Bow, stubborn knees!”
Prayer
“Much Ado About Nothing,”
Importance
“We have seen better days.”
VerifiedTimon of Athens (1605), Flavius, Act IV, scene ii. · evidencePast
“What is past is prologue.”
Past
“Beware the ides of March.”
VerifiedJulius Caesar (1599), Soothsayer, Act I, scene ii. · evidenceProphecy
“Patch grief with proverbs.”
Grief
“Every why has a wherefore.”
Purpose
“Love all, but trust a few.”
Trust
“Remembrance of things past.”
Nostalgia
“Nothing can come of nothing.”
VerifiedKing Lear (1605–6), Lear, Act I, scene i. · evidenceEffort
“Parting is such sweet sorrow.”
Absence
“The best safety lies in fear.”
Fear
“Nothing will come of nothing.”
Results
“Report me and my cause aright.”
Media
“Soft pity enters an iron gate.”
Pity
“In delay there lies no plenty.”
Procrastination
“The proverb is something musty.”
Proverbs
“He that dies pays all his debts.”
Debt
“Good counselors lack no clients.”
Experts
“Men's vows are women's traitors!”
Vow
“No legacy is so rich as honestly.”
Inheritance
“He plough'd her, and she cropp'd.”
Procreation
“Art made tongue-tied by authority.”
Censorship
“The apparel oft proclaims the man.”
Dress