Shakespeare quotes

We're helping you prepare for DC Public Library's Evil Laugh Contest with some deviously delightful Shakespeare lines you can use in your performance.

These Shakespeare quotes about friendship point to the complexities of relationships between characters in the plays.

The word “love” appears 2,146 times in Shakespeare’s collected works (including a handful of “loves” and “loved”). Add to that 59 instances of “beloved” and 133 uses of “loving” and you’ve got yourself a “whole lotta love.” So, what does Shakespeare have to say about love? Here are 20 quotations from the Bard about love.

Fake quotes have been in the news lately, from the Republican National Committee's Abraham Lincoln flub to the bogus Winston Churchill quote about supporting funding for the arts during World War II. Such misattribution is familiar to Shakespeare enthusiasts. Every day, fake Shakespeare quotes are being shared on social media. Have you come across these ones?

Shakespeare has a lot to say about power and politics in his plays. These six quotes touch on what it means to be a king, the power of the law, what separates royal from common, and speaking truth to authority. Folger…

Shakespeare’s plays are filled with fools like the ones pictured above, from Touchstone in As You Like It, to Feste in Twelfth Night—as well as characters in strong comedic roles, such as the Gravedigger, in Hamlet, or Dogberry in Much Ado…

Test your Shakespeare knowledge and take our quiz! Can you identify the Shakespeare quiz by the first line?See if you can identify the play with only the first line to go by. Be warned, it gets harder as you progress.…