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What was shakespeares most famous quotes?

Some of William Shakespeare's most famous and recognizable quotes include:

1. “All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts.” - As You Like It (Act 2, Scene 7)

2. “But, soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” - Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2)

3. “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” - Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1)

4. “Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” - Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5)

5. **“When he shall die,

Take him and cut him out in little stars,

And he will make the face of heaven so fine

That all the world will be in love with night.”** - Romeo and Juliet (Act 3, Scene 2)

6. “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” - Hamlet (Act 1, Scene 5)

7. “I have of late—but wherefore I know not—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises, and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition that I wish myself unknown; though I know my heart as merry as the day is long.” - Twelfth Night (Act 1, Scene 1)

8. “Frailty, thy name is woman!” - Hamlet (Act 1, Scene 2)

9. “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” - All's Well That Ends Well (Act 1, Scene 1)

10. “Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” - The Merry Wives of Windsor (Act 3, Scene 2)

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