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What Shakespeare quotes are still used today?

Here are some Shakespeare quotes that are still commonly used today:

1. "To be, or not to be, that is the question." - Hamlet, Act III, Scene I

2. "All that glitters is not gold." - The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene VII

3. "The course of true love never did run smooth." - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I, Scene I

4. "Parting is such sweet sorrow." - Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II

5. "When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state." - Sonnet 29

6. "But, soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." - Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II

7. "Frailty, thy name is woman." - Hamlet, Act I, Scene II

8. "The world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players." - As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII

9. "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more." - Macbeth, Act V, Scene V

10. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet, Act I, Scene V

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