The 100 best phrases of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, writer and actor, regarded as one of the most important figures in English literature. and one of the most influential at a universal level. Among his most outstanding works are: 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Hamlet', 'Winter's Tale' or 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
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Best quotes from William Shakespeare
This writer managed to combine different genres in the same work and not cling to a single genre, between comedy, humor, romance and a lot of drama, William Shakespeare left us a series of phrases and personal reflections and his works that we cannot get lost
1. I don't love anything in the world as well as you do, isn't it strange?
The most loyal love looks like a cage that doesn't steal your freedom.
2. Love does not look with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore it is a winged Cupid painted blindly.
That is why we say that love is blind.
3. I will live in your heart, I will die in your lap and I will be buried in your eyes, and besides, I will go with you to your uncle's house.
The people who love you, accompany you in all your moments.
4. Love sought is good, but given without seeking is better.
We can give love in many ways, to our friends, families and a special person.
5. The love of the young is not in the heart, but in the eyes.
Appearances dazzle us, sometimes in a negative way.
6. A man can only die once.
Death is absolute.
7. To be or not to be, that is the question.
At any moment, we must decide to go in one direction or another.
8. The friends you have and whose friendship you have already put to the test, hook them to your soul with steel hooks.
The most loyal friends are those who accompany you in glory and adversity.
9. It is better to be the king of your silence than the slave of your words.
Your words can condemn you when you don't know what you are saying.
10. There is nothing good or bad, it is human thought that makes it appear that way.
They are the people who classify things as good or bad.
11. I wasted my time, now time is wasting me.
When you're happy with what you do, life is a ride.
12. Better than with words, sincerity is shown with actions.
A person whose words do not match his actions is not to be trusted.
13. Our doubts are treacherous and make us lose the good that we could often gain by trying.
We must never stay with doubts, but we must tear them down.
14. First of all be true to yourself. And so, as sure as night follows day, you'll find you can't lie to anyone.
If you are honest with what you want, the way forward will be easier to see.
15. At birth, we cry because we entered this vast asylum.
Life is not easy and it is common to get lost in it.
16. Seeking the best we often spoil what is good.
We must be careful with our 'good deeds', because they can bring more harm than benefits.
17. In a minute there are many days.
Time is relative for each person.
18. Memory is the sentinel of the brain.
Memory becomes over time, our greatest treasure.
19. In our crazy attempts, we give up what we are for what we hope to be.
We tend to pander to society for fear of being judged for following our dreams.
20. The past is prologue.
The other chapters are still being written.
21. Beauty can turn honesty into a bawd before honesty makes beauty honest.
Beauty can be used as a selfish weapon.
22. Doubt that the stars are fire, doubt that the sun moves, doubt that the truth is a lie, but never doubt that I love you.
A beautiful promise of love.
23. Do not try to guide the one who claims to choose his own path for himself.
Each person chooses what he wants to do with his life.
24. Fate is the one that shuffles the cards, but we are the ones that play.
You can be in control with the few things you have in your hands.
25. We owe our lives to God, that's why if we pay him today, we won't owe him tomorrow.
Life seen as a gift from God.
26. Loyalty has a calm heart.
Loyalty is an act followed by real love.
27. Many times we have for love what is true misfortune.
A wake-up call for toxic relationships.
28. There is singular providence in the fall of a bird.
It is the falls that teach us the most valuable things.
29. In human things there is a tide that if taken in time leads to fortune; for those who let it pass, the journey of life is lost in shoals and misfortunes.
Don't let the opportunities that come your way pass you by.
30. If music is the food of love, play. Give me an excess of it; that when gorged, the appetite can become sick, and thus die.
Music is an essential element of the joy of life.
31. Be true to yourself. And it must go on, like night the day, you can't then be false to any man.
Don't stop being who you are to please someone else.
32. We are of the same substance as dreams; our brief life culminates in a sweet sleep.
We are made of dreams and hopes.
33. Our body is a garden and our will the gardener.
Respect your body, but don't let anyone decide about it.
34. My love was born from my only hate... soon I see him and late I know him.
From love to hate there is only one step.
35. The devil himself will quote Holy Scripture if it suits his purposes.
People who seek power tend to deceive their followers with sweet words.
36. Conscience is nothing more than a word used by cowards to intimidate the brave.
Many times we use conscience as an excuse for not acting.
37. Read the decree yourself: since you ask for justice, know for sure that you will have more justice than you want.
Be careful with the things you wish for, because they can happen to you.
38. We know what we are, but we don't know what we can be.
Do not doubt that you can become more than what you are today.
39. What I carry inside is not expressed: the rest is the clothing of sorrow.
Suffering is the most difficult for us to express, but the most visible.
40. Two pretty berries modeled on the same stem. This is how two visible bodies, we had only one heart.
About the connection that 'soul mates' have.
41. If you are honest and beautiful, your honesty should not allow dealing with your beauty.
Honesty should be more fascinating and outstanding than beauty.
42. Curses never go beyond the lips that utter them.
Curses are also a reflection of people's envy.
43. Valuable prizes turn honest men into thieves.
When you justify the bad behavior of people.
44. He sets your eyes free: he beholds other beauties.
Beauty can be in different things, but we only see it if we have an open mind.
45. I will dare anything a man can do. Anyone who dares more is foolish.
The limits are only in our mind.
46. The best men are those with few words.
The truth never needs to be embellished.
47. There is no more darkness than ignorance.
Ignorance clouds our mind.
48. There was never a sadder story than this, Juliet's and hers and Romeo's.
A love story, tragic and beautiful in equal measure.
49. There is nothing as common as the desire to be praised.
We all want to receive compliments from others.
50. Cowards die many times before dying; the brave never taste death but once.
We can die in many ways, especially when we stop pursuing our happiness.
51. Nothing in his life became him like leaving him; he died as one who had been studied at his death to throw away what was most dear to him. As if it were a careless trifle.
People remember us the way they create their opinion about us.
52. Lends ear to all, and a few voice. Listen to the rebukes of others; but reserve your own opinion.
Words are a double-edged sword and that is why we must analyze carefully when we must speak.
53. Whatever happens, even on the stormiest day the hours and time pass.
Things end, including bad times.
54. The ruined man reads his condition in the eyes of others so quickly that he himself feels his downfall.
People give up easily, because they feel the pressure around them.
55. Although it is small, it is fierce.
Never underestimate someone because of their appearance.
56. Forgiveness falls like soft rain from heaven to earth. He is twice blessed; bless the one who gives it and the one who receives it.
The benefits of forgiving.
57. Words are full of falsehood or art; the look is the language of the heart.
Body language reveals more of a person than we think.
58. Sweet are the uses of adversity that, like the toad, ugly and poisonous, still carries a precious jewel on its head.
A way of saying that in adversity, we can find our greatest motivation in life.
59. Don't waste your love on someone who doesn't value it.
Love should be a treasure to give to who deserves it.
60. Anger is an excited horse; if it is given free rein it is soon exhausted by an excess of ardor.
When you let go of your emotions in the moment, you can find greater release.
61. It is not enough to lift the weak, you have to support him later.
Sometimes we need help to walk where we should.
62. A fool thinks he's wise, but a wise man knows he's stupid.
Those who think they are fools have the upper hand, because they go unnoticed.
63. The worst sin towards our fellow men is not to hate them, but to treat them with indifference; This something typical of humanity.
Indifference makes us think that we are not useful or worthy of being listened to and less loved.
64. A hidden regret, like a closed oven, burns the heart to ashes.
Shutting up sorrows causes as much discomfort as shutting up our loves.
65. Words without affection will never reach the ears of God.
Empty words lose their meaning over time.
66. Separation is such a sweet sorrow... that I will say good night until dawn.
The good thing about distance is that it fuels the passion of a reunion.
67. Hell is empty; all the demons are here.
The real hell is seen walking on earth.
68. I beg you, speak to me in the language of your own thoughts.
Never hide your feelings towards who you love.
69. There are much, much better things ahead than the ones we left behind.
We tend to cling to the past because we fear that we will not experience something good in the future.
70. And does one frown at this action who does not perform it with a tender, noble and free heart?
Everything that is done with bad intentions must be removed from our lives.
71. When you walk away from me, the pain remains, and happiness says goodbye.
It is the absence of the loved one, the worst of heart pains.
72. Do not dirty the fountain where you have quenched your thirst.
Be grateful to everyone who has helped you.
73. It is so impossible to fan the fire with snow, like putting out the fire of love with words.
Love collapses because you stop working on it.
74. The woman is a delicacy worthy of the gods, when she does not cook it the devil.
Remember that the beautiful does not always agree with a pure soul.
75. I love you with such a heart that there is no one left to protest.
Love without fear.
76. A peace has the nature of a conquest; for then both parties are nobly submitted and neither loses.
Peace is the only war that brings rewards for all.
77. Do not fear greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, some greatness is forced upon them, and some greatness outgrows.
More than the fear of rejection, many of us fear not knowing what to do with success.
78. Love comforts like the glow of the sun after the rain.
Love is an effective remedy for internal pain.
79. The sage does not sit down to lament, but he cheerfully sets about his task of repairing the damage done.
He knows that everything has a solution, if he finds the lesson of that loss to improve in the future.
80. If you don't remember the slightest madness that love made you fall into, you haven't loved.
What crazy things have you done when you're in love?
81. If the whole year were a party, having fun would be more boring than working.
That is why it is necessary to have a balance between our work and our fun.
82. I would be very unhappy if I could say how happy I am.
Happiness cannot be measured.
83. He assumes a virtue if you don't have it.
We tend to believe that we don't have abilities, but it's because we haven't discovered it yet.
84. If two ride on one horse, one must follow behind.
There will always be a leader and a follower.
85. The one who dies pays all his debts.
The end for his life, not for the consequences he left behind.
86. The old distrust the youth because they have been young.
They know the foolishness that young people can commit and the consequences that arise from it.
87. Love, as blind as it is, prevents lovers from seeing the funny foolish things they do.
All love has silly experiences with it that are fun to remember.
88. See that sometimes the devil deceives us with the truth, and brings us perdition wrapped in gifts that seem innocent.
As the saying goes; 'The road to hell is made of good intentions'.
89. Dying, sleeping… sleeping? Maybe dream.
Seeking eternal rest.
90. Beware of the bonfire you kindle against your enemy, lest you singe yourself.
You think you hurt the other, but in reality you only hurt yourself.
91. Anyone can master suffering, except the one who feels it.
We pity more for what others go through than for what we go through.
92. It is easier to get what you want with a smile than with the tip of the sword.
Kindness opens more doors, because you earn the trust of others.
93. There are more things in heaven and on earth, Horace, than all your philosophy can dream of.
We are more than what we do.
94. Life is a story told by an idiot, a story full of noise and fury, meaning nothing.
Life is seen depending on how you perceive your experiences.
95. When I saw you I fell in love and you smiled because you knew it.
An instant connection.
96. The evil that men do lives after them; the good is usually buried with his bones.
Many bad people are more remembered than those who did good.
97. The one who goes too fast arrives as late as the one who goes too slowly.
Going in a hurry leads us to make unnecessary mistakes.
98. As long as men can breathe or eyes can see, as long as this lives and this gives you life.
Live while you have life.
99. Half of me is yours, the other half is yours… Mine, I would say; but if mine, then yours, And therefore, all yours.
A couple shares it as much as possible.
100. The course of true love never ran smoothly.
Love is full of dramas.