William Shakespeare Quotes About Brevity

• Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Boyfriend, Valentines Day

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [115]

• This above all; to thine own self be true.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Graduation

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

• Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

  William Shakespeare

  Halloween, Math, Insanity

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [211]

• Brevity is the soul of wit.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Attitude, Communication

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. 90

• This is the very ecstasy of love.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Important Hamlet, Polonius

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 1, l. 101

• My liege, and madam, to expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night, and time is time, Were nothing but to waste night, day and time. Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.

  William Shakespeare

  Night, Soul, Majesty

  William Shakespeare (1963). “Hamlet”, p.41, CUP Archive

• I will be brief. Your noble son is mad.

  William Shakespeare

  Son, Mad, Noble

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.840

• [S]ince brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.

  William Shakespeare

  Soul, Important Hamlet, Polonius

  William Shakespeare, Roma Gill (2002). “Hamlet”, p.44, Oxford University Press, USA

• We must be brief when traitors brave the field.

  William Shakespeare

  Brave, Fields, Traitor

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.516, BookCaps Study Guides

• Love all. Trust a few. Do wrong to none. This above all: to thine own self be true. No legacy is so rich as honesty. Brevity is the soul of wit

  William Shakespeare

  Honesty, Self, Soul

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