William Shakespeare

Greatest playwright in English

Early Modern influential 138 sayings

Sayings by William Shakespeare

What, you egg! [Stabbing him]

c. 1606 — Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 2
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Methinks thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee.

c. 1602-1604 — All's Well That Ends Well, Act 2, Scene 3
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More of your conversation would infect my brain.

c. 1608 — Coriolanus, Act 2, Scene 1
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Go, make you ready. / As if you were a child, you'd be afraid / To go in the dark before your nurse.

c. 1609-1610 — Cymbeline, Act 3, Scene 4
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I'll be reveng'd on the whole pack of you.

c. 1597-1601 — The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, Scene 2
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His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard.

c. 1597-1598 — Henry IV, Part 2, Act 2, Scene 4
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You are a wart.

c. 1597-1598 — Henry IV, Part 2, Act 3, Scene 2
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I'll beat thee, but I would infect my hands.

c. 1594 — The Comedy of Errors, Act 2, Scene 1
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You are a baggage.

c. 1594 — The Comedy of Errors, Act 4, Scene 4
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He has not so much brain as ear-wax.

c. 1602 — Troilus and Cressida, Act 5, Scene 1
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I am a rogue, if I drunk today.

c. 1596-1597 — Henry IV, Part 1, Act 2, Scene 4
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Why, then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.

c. 1597-1601 — The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, Scene 2
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Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak.

c. 1599-1600 — As You Like It, Act 3, Scene 2
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I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his grace.

c. 1598-1599 — Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 3
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An ass's head of your own, I take it.

c. 1595-1596 — A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 3, Scene 1
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I'll do my best to woo your lady. [Aside] Your lady? You are a fool.

c. 1601-1602 — Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 4
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I am not in the giving vein today.

c. 1592-1593 — Richard III, Act 4, Scene 2
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I have not slept a wink.

c. 1609-1610 — Cymbeline, Act 3, Scene 4
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Hang him, dishonest rascal!

c. 1597-1601 — The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, Scene 3
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You are a shallow, cowardly hind.

c. 1590-1592 — The Taming of the Shrew, Act 3, Scene 2
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