Shakespearean words for modern souls
Words that have echoed through four centuries
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."
— The Tempest
"To be, or not to be, that is the question."
— Hamlet
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
— As You Like It
"The course of true love never did run smooth."
— A Midsummer Night's Dream
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
— Romeo and Juliet
"This above all: to thine own self be true."
— Hamlet
"Brevity is the soul of wit."
— Hamlet
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
— Hamlet
"The better part of valour is discretion."
— Henry IV, Part 1
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on."
— The Tempest
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."
— A Midsummer Night's Dream
"Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow."
— Romeo and Juliet
"Though she be but little, she is fierce."
— A Midsummer Night's Dream
"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!"
— King Lear
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."
— Julius Caesar
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."
— Julius Caesar
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em."
— Twelfth Night
"If music be the food of love, play on."
— Twelfth Night
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."
— The Tempest
"Nothing will come of nothing."
— King Lear
"All that glitters is not gold."
— The Merchant of Venice
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
— A Midsummer Night's Dream
"Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me."
— Antony and Cleopatra
"Now is the winter of our discontent."
— Richard III
"Out, damned spot! Out, I say!"
— Macbeth
"Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bubble."
— Macbeth
"Et tu, Brute?"
— Julius Caesar
"Beware the Ides of March."
— Julius Caesar
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more."
— Henry V
"Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war."
— Julius Caesar
"O brave new world, that has such people in't!"
— The Tempest