

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player Macbeth (Act 5 Scene 3) “To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,Ĭreeps in this petty pace from day to dayĪnd all our yesterdays have lighted fools Macbeth (Act 4 Scene 1) “The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon! Macbeth (Act 3 Scene 4) “How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags!” Macbeth (Act 3 Scene 4) “It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood.” Macbeth (Act 3 Scene 2) “Blood will have blood.” Macbeth (Act 2 Scene 2) “Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.” The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath,īalm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleeve of care, Macbeth does murder sleep: the innocent sleep, Macbeth (Act 2 Scene 2) “Methought I heard a voice cry, ‘Sleep no more! Macbeth (Act 2 Scene 1) “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this bloodĬlean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Macbeth (Act 2 Scene 1) “Thou sure and firm-set earth, I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.”

The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee: Macbeth (Act 1 Scene 7) “ Is this a dagger which I see before me, Macbeth (Act 1 Scene 7) “To prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself and falls on th’other” Macbeth (Act 1 Scene 7) “ If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well Macbeth (Act 1 Scene 7) “I dare do all that may become a man Macbeth (Act 1 Scene 3) “False face must hide what the false heart doth know.” Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.” Macbeth (Act 1 Scene 3) “Come what come may, Macduff (Act 5 Scene 6) …and here are some Macbeth quotes from Macbeth himself: “Nothing is Hang loose about him, like a giant’s robeĭoctor (Act 5 Scene 3) “Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death.” Lady Macduff (Act 4 Scene 2) “Now does he feel his title Witches (Act 4 Scene 1) “When our actions do not, Third apparition (Act 4 Scene 1) “A deed without a name.” Second Witch (Act 4 Scene 1) “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Witches (Act 4 Scene 1) “By the pricking of my thumbs, King Duncan (Act 1 Scene 4) “There’s daggers in men’s smiles”ĭonalbain (Act 2 Scene 3) “ Double, double toil and trouble: King Duncan (Act 1 Scene 2) “If you can look into the seeds of time,Īnd say which grain will grow and which will not.”īanquo (Act 1 Scene 3) “Or have we eaten on the insane rootīanquo (Act 1 Scene 3) “What! can the devil speak true?” Three Witches (Act 1 Scene 1) “What bloody man is that?” We’ve pulled together all of the top Macbeth quotes below from primary and secondary characters – as well as a good selection from the eponymous hero and his wife – shown in order of the quote appearing in the play, listing the character speaking along with act and scene. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of his most often quoted plays, with famous quotes aplenty.Īs ever, Shakespeare brings his Mabeth characters to life with memorable dialogue and a number of intense monologues and soliloquies. Read our selection of the most memorable and significant Macbeth quotes. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order.
