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William Shakespeare Quotes

William Shakespeare Quotes

William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet whose works have been performed, adapted, and argued over for more than four centuries. His lines endure because they cut straight to the core of human behaviour -- pride, foolishness, ambition, love, and everything in between.

These quotes work well in essays, speeches, classroom discussions, greeting cards, or social media posts that call for a touch of eloquence. Look through the collection for Shakespeare's timeless observations on what it means to be human.

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“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”

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

“Such as we are made of, such we be.”

William Shakespeare

“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”

William Shakespeare

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