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William Shakespeare was a renowned English poet, playwright, and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He has become the most famous and influential author in English literature. Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the worldโs pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called Englandโs national poet and nicknamed the Bard of Avon. Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. He wrote about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, of which the authorship of some is uncertain. Shakespeareโs writing developed and evolved throughout his career. Scholars often divide his work into periods based on different aspects of his writing style.
He died within a month of signing his will, a document which he begins by describing himself as being in โperfect healthโ. In his will, Shakespeare left the bulk of his large estate to his elder daughter Susanna. Shakespeare was buried in the chancel of the Holy Trinity Church two days after his death. He retired from writing in 1613 and died three years later at the age of fifty-two. Most of his works were published posthumously in 1623. Shakespeareโs plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied, performed, and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world.
Quotes from Romeo and Juliet
โNo, โtis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but โtis enough, โtwill serve: ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.โ
Romeo and Juliet [1595-1596], III, i, 101
โWisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.โ
Romeo and Juliet [1595-1596], II, iii, 94
โFor never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.โ
Romeo and Juliet, V, iii, 309
โPassion lends them power, time means to meet, tempering extremities with extremes sweet.โ
โCare keeps his watch in every old manโs eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.โ
Romeo and Juliet [1595-1596], II, iii, 35
โHow oft when men are at the point of death
Have they been merry! which their keepers call
A lightning before death.โ
Romeo and Juliet (1595) act 5, sc. 3, l. 88
โNightโs candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.โ
Romeo and Juliet (1595) act 3, sc. 5, l. 9
โOne fire burns out anotherโs burning, one pain is lessenโd by anotherโs anguish.โ
โโTis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.โ
Romeo and Juliet, IV, ii, 6
โO! for a falconerโs voice,
To lure this tassel-gentle back again.โ
Romeo and Juliet (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 158
โGallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,
Towards Phoebusโ lodging.โ
Romeo and Juliet (1595) act 3, sc. 2, l. 1
โSee what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.โ
โHe was not born to shame:
Upon his brow shame is ashamโd to sit.โ
Romeo and Juliet, III, ii, 91
โI take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and Iโll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.โ
Romeo and Juliet: A Tragedy, as it is Acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden (ed. 1778)
โFor stony limits cannot hold love out,
And what love can do that dares love attempt.โ
Romeo and Juliet (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 67
โThank me no thankings, no proud me no prouds.โ
โDo not swear at all;
Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self,
Which is the god of my idolatry.โ
Romeo and Juliet [1595-1596], II, ii, 112
โHow silver-sweet sound loversโ tongues by night,
Like softest music to attending ears!โ
Romeo and Juliet (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 165
โBeautyโs ensign yet
Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,
And deathโs pale flag is not advanced there.โ
Romeo and Juliet, V, iii, 94
โMy only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late!โ
โFor I am proverbโd with a grandsire phrase.โ
Romeo and Juliet [1595-1596], I, iv, 37
โGood-night, good-night! parting is such sweet sorrow
That I shall say good-night till it be morrow.โ
Romeo and Juliet (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 184
โIs there no pity sitting in the clouds,
That sees into the bottom of my grief?โ
Romeo and Juliet, III, v, 198
โAnd all this day an unaccustomed spirit lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.โ
โSeal with a righteous kiss
A dateless bargain to engrossing death!โ
Romeo and Juliet (1595) act 5, sc. 3, l. 114
โOne writ with me in sour misfortuneโs book.โ
Romeo and Juliet, V, iii, 82
โApothecary: My poverty, but not my will, consents. Romeo: I pay thy poverty, and not thy will.โ
Romeo and Juliet, V, i, 75
โTherefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.โ
โHang up philosophy!
Unless philosophy can make a Juliet.โ
Romeo and Juliet, III, iii, 56
โDeath lies on her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.โ
Romeo and Juliet (1595) act 4, sc. 5, l. 28
โYoung Adam Cupid, he that shot so trim When King Cophetua lovโd the beggarmaid.โ
Romeo and Juliet [1595-1596], II, i, 13
โThy head is a full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat.โ
โA plague oโ both your houses!
They have made wormsโ meat of me.โ
Romeo and Juliet [1595-1596], III, i, 112
โHow art thou out of breath when thou hast breath To say to me that thou art out of breath?โ
Romeo and Juliet. A tragedy. Now actingโฆ by his Majestyโs Servants, at the Theatre-Royal in Smock-Alley (ed. 1747)
โIโll prove more true than those that have more cunning to be strange.โ
โYou are a lover. Borrow Cupidโs wings and soar with them above a common bound.โ
Romeo and Juliet. A tragedy. Now actingโฆ by his Majestyโs Servants, at the Theatre-Royal in Smock-Alley (ed. 1747)
โAt loversโ perjuries,
They say, Jove laughs.โ
Romeo and Juliet [1595-1596], II, ii, 92
โVirtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime by action dignified.โ
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Awesome quotes! I remember studying Romeo and Juliet in ninth grade English. This definitely brought back memories.
Thank you Cherie White! You can enjoy more Shakespeare quotes from Hamlet, Macbeth, etc. as well!
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Thank you Lebogang!