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Quotes by William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

The fool doth think he is wise but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

A fools bolt is soon shot.

Lord what fools these mortals be!

Let me embrace thee sour adversity for wise men say it is the wisest course.

Happy thou art not for what thou hast not still thou strivest to get and what thou hast forgetest.

My crown is called content a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

Poor and content is rich and rich enough.

O fortune fortune! all men call thee fickle.

There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune.

Frailty thy name is woman!

I am wealthy in my friends.

A friend should bear his friends infirmities.

Those friends thou hast and their adoption tried grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.

The ripest fruit first falls.

Foul whisperings are abroad.

He does it with a better grace but I do it more natural.

Some are born great some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon em.

Every one can master a grief but he that has it.

Whats gone and whats past help Should be past grief.

Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.