Hast thou a favourite quote by the bard Shakespeare?

Hamlet

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come

A line that has always made me wonder.....

The world [...] is a stage where everyone must play their part; and mine is a sad one.

(The Merchant of Venice)

I rather like (from Henry V): “You have witchcraft in your lips”

I wish a man would say that to me...!

Am I too late? Well, here's my favourite quote...

'Item, I give unto my wife my second best bed, with the furniture.' Will 1616

Two households, both alike in dignity
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

“Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.”
MacBeth
It's such a true statement - sorrow has no words but has the power to break a heart. And if mourning is not done properly, it can do much damage. I teach Macbeth and I love it when pupils suddenly 'understand' how these wise words of Shakespeare are so relevant today. I remember when I first understood this quote after my mum died, and I made sure I grieved, as those words reminded me I would do more damage to myself and all around if I didn't.
I'd love these books..great competition thanks

I have of late, and wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth.

From Hamlet.

Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.

'Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it'

Romeo and Juliet

A dish fit for the Gods

To be or not to be, that is the question.

my favourite quote is A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

To be or not to be, that is the question.

Hark what light through yonder window breaks , it is the sun and juliet is the east.

While thee live, Tell the truth and shame the devil!

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them

Love is not love which alters where it alteration finds

Parting is such sweet sorrow
Romeo and Juliet

To thine own self be true.
(Hamlet)

Shall I compare thee to a summers day

'Out, out dam spot' - Lady macbeth

"This above all: to thine own self be true". - Hamlet (Act I, Scene III).

Very wise words to live by indeed.

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Tired with all these, for restful death I cry,
As, to behold desert a beggar born,
And needy nothing trimm'd in jollity,
And purest faith unhappily forsworn,
And guilded honour shamefully misplaced,
And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted,
And right perfection wrongfully disgraced,
And strength by limping sway disabled,
And art made tongue-tied by authority,
And folly doctor-like controlling skill,
And simple truth miscall'd simplicity,
And captive good attending captain ill:
Tired with all these, from these would I be gone,
Save that, to die, I leave my love alone.