King Lear

50 Sophisticated Insults, Opinions, And Words Of Inspiration From William Shakespeare

Modern advice from a classic playwright. 
Holly Riordan
July 20, 2016
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
— William Shakespeare, As You Like It
Tagged: Wisdom, Fools, stupidity, shakespeare
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
— William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
Tagged: Love, Trust, shakespeare
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”
— William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tagged: shakespeare, Love, beauty
“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
— William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Tagged: shakespeare, Fear, Greatness, Success
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”
— William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
Tagged: shakespeare, Flaws, humanity, Destiny
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Tagged: Good, Evil, shakespeare
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”
— William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Tagged: shakespeare, Hell, devil, Evil
“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”
— William Shakespeare, As You Like It
Tagged: shakespeare, Life, humanity
“Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.”
— William Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim
Tagged: shakespeare, Lies, Loyalty, Friendship
“You speak an infinite deal of nothing.”
— William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
Tagged: shakespeare, insults, Fools
“Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.”
— William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
Tagged: shakespeare, cowards, Death, Bravery
“My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.”
— William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
Tagged: shakespeare, Heartbreak, emotions
“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
— William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tagged: shakespeare, Love, complications
“Don't waste your love on somebody who doesn't value it.”
— William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Tagged: shakespeare, Love, Standards, Breaking Up, Being Too Good For Someone
“Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.”
— William Shakespeare, Richard III
Tagged: shakespeare, insults, Insanity
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Tagged: shakespeare, Heaven, Earth, Philosophy
“To weep is to make less the depth of grief.”
— William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 3
Tagged: shakespeare, Crying, Grief
“Listen to many, speak to a few.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Tagged: shakespeare, Communication, Listening
“Conscience doth make cowards of us all.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Tagged: shakespeare, cowards, Fear, Conscience
“One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Tagged: shakespeare, smiling, Evil, villain
“How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.”
— William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
Tagged: shakespeare, good deeds, kindness
“What's done cannot be undone.”
— William Shakespeare, Macbeth
Tagged: shakespeare, Past, Regrets
“This above all: to thine own self be true.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Tagged: shakespeare, Be yourself, Advice, Inspirational
“If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick love for pricking.”
— William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Tagged: shakespeare, Love, rough
“When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions!”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Tagged: shakespeare, Sorrow, Depression
“God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Tagged: shakespeare, insults, two faced
“The devil can cite scripture for his purpose.”
— William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
Tagged: shakespeare, devil, scripture, manipulation
“All's well that ends well.”
— William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
Tagged: shakespeare, Endings, Optimism
“Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.”
— William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Tagged: Patience, shakespeare, Time
“There's an old saying that applies to me: you can't lose a game if you don't play the game.”
— William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Tagged: shakespeare, participation, losers, winners