William Shakespeare on Philosophy
Browse 6 quotations attributed to William Shakespeare, catalogued under Philosophy, with dates where available.
This page displays 6 quotations attributed to William Shakespeare and filed under "Philosophy" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to William Shakespeare, entry #25303: "Hamlet: There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Attributed to William Shakespeare, entry #122650: "Iago: If the balance of our lives had not one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality, the blood and baseness of our natures would conduct us to most preposterous conclusio…"
6 Quotes by William Shakespeare on Philosophy
"Hamlet: There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
"Iago: If the balance of our lives had not one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality, the blood and baseness of our natures would conduct us to most preposterous conclusions."
"The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on."
"Crabbed age and youth cannot live together:Youth is full of pleasure, age is full of care"
"To be or not to be, that is the question."
"O God! methinks, it were a happy life,To be no better than a homely swain;To sit upon a hill, as I do now,To carve out dials quaintly, point by point,Thereby to see the minutes how they run:How many make the hour full complete,How many hours bring about the day,How many days will finish up the year,How many years a mortal man may live."