What are some famous shakespearean quotes?

Hamlet: Suit the action to the word, the word to the action. (from Hamlet, 3.2.19, 1600)

Antony (addressing the Romans): Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel; judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him! This was the unkindest cut of all. (from Julius Caesar, 3.2.185, 1599)

1st Fisherman (discussing how fish live): Why, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones. (from Pericles, 2.1.29, 1609)

Cardinal Wolsey: A peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience. (from King Henry VIII, 3.2.379, 1612)

Mercutio: A plague o' both your houses! (from Romeo and Juliet, 3.1.111, 1594)

Marcellus: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. (from Hamlet, 1.4.90, 1600)

Edgar (on the Devil): The prince of darkness is a gentleman. (from King Lear, 3.4.148, 1605)

Duke of Gloucester: Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of York. (from Richard III, 1.1.1, 1592)

Lucio: Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. (from Measure by Measure, 1.4.77, 1604)

Iago (on envy): the green-ey'd monster. (from Othello, 3.3.166, 1604)

Puck: Lord, what fools these mortals be! (from A Midsummer Night's Dream, 3.2.115, 1595)

Malvolio: Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. (from Twelfth Night, 2.5.156, 1599)

Polonius: This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. (from Hamlet, 1.3.78, 1600)

King Henry: Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. (from Henry IV, Part II, 3.1.31, 1597)

Casca: But, for mine own part, it was Greek to me. (from Julius Caesar, 1.2.286, 1599)

Dick the Butcher: The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. (from Henry VI, Part II, 4.2.84, 1590)

He that is thy friend indeed, he will help thee in thy need. (from The Passionate Pilgrim, 21, 1599)

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