24 Quotes About Macbeth

Shakespeare is one of the most revered writers in history. But did you know he wasn’t just a playwright and poet? He was also a politician, historian, and essayist. In fact, his writings on politics and life in general were so influential that we believe Shakespeare inspired our modern word “Macbeth” — which means “son of a witch” — for “a brave and ambitious man.” Read Shakespeare quotes that mean more than just beautiful words with this collection of literary quotes from the Bard.

The black of the ocean waves was the color of...
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The black of the ocean waves was the color of the sorrow in my breast, a sorrow that was never far away and always visible. Barbara T. Cerny
God himself had sent me away. I was truly now...
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God himself had sent me away. I was truly now among the damned. Barbara T. Cerny
I was once a man, not a great man, not...
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I was once a man, not a great man, not a saintly man, but a good man, and a man nonetheless. Barbara T. Cerny
I did not choose to be a monster–a shell of...
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I did not choose to be a monster–a shell of a man–half-human, half-fiend. I am a tiefling. I am what I am. Barbara T. Cerny
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My life was going exactly where I wanted it to until the Devil showed up. Barbara T. Cerny
Iona stared at me for a long time. “You are...
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Iona stared at me for a long time. “You are going to leave me a widow before I have a chance to become a bride. Barbara T. Cerny
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Then it kissed me–not as a man would kiss a lover, not with tenderness or even passion. This was a kiss that stole the soul of men. Revulsion at this creature’s kiss was instantly replaced by the warmth stealing through my veins, as if my missing blood were being replenished and contrived to heal me. I craved to keep kissing the beast. My entire being awakened to that kiss feeding me ecstasy, feeding me life. Barbara T. Cerny
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Give sorrow words Unknown
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I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more, is none William Shakespeare
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My dull brain was wrought with things forgotten. William Shakespeare
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Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth. William Shakespeare
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Nought’s had, all’s spent, where our desire is got without content. William Shakespeare
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My hands are of your colour Unknown
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I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other. William Shakespeare
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Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell. William Shakespeare
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The love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we thank as love. William Shakespeare
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All causes shall give way: I am in blood Stepp’d in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o’er. William Shakespeare
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Life is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing William Shakespeare
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What sad, short lives humans live! Each life a short pamphlet written by an idiot! Tut-tut, and all that. Stephen King
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Be not lost So poorly in your thoughts. William Shakespeare
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Go, prick thy face and over-red thy fear, Thou lily-livered boy. William Shakespeare
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People see a Macbeth film. They imagine they have seen Macbeth, and don't want to see it again; so when your Mr. Hackett or somebody comes round to act the play, he finds the house empty. That is what has happened to dozens of good plays whose authors have allowed them to be filmed. It shall not happen to mine if I can help it. George Bernard Shaw
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'Macbeth' is an amazing story. Andy Serkis