Which common phrase came from Shakespeare?

Answer 1

"To be or not to be? That is the question."

"That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet."

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."

There are many. However his main characters' speeches are particularly good. Read King Henry's speeches in Henry V to get an idea. Or anything from Hamlet.

Answer 2

"To be or not to be that is the question."

"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;

I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

The evil that men do lives after them;

The good is oft interred with their bones;

So let it be with Caesar."

Answer 3

Shakespearean quotations are so famous that they regularly occupy the largest part of any book of quotations. There are literally hundreds which most people have heard, such as:

"To be or not to be, that is the Question."

"Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him, Horatio."

"The Play's the thing."

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."

"A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet."

"All that glisters is not gold."

"To gild refined gold, to paint the lily."

"What the dickens his name is"

"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears"

"Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war."

"The game's afoot"

"We band of brothers"

"This earth, this realm, this England."

"This is how to kill a wife with kindness."

"I am cruel only to be kind."

"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."

"A man who loved not wisely, but too well."

"Lord, what fools these mortals be"

"Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety."

"A pound of flesh"

"The quality of mercy is not strained."

"'Tis a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

"Though this be madness, yet there's method in it"

"A pair of star-crossed lovers"

"Parting is such sweet sorrow"

"We are such stuff as dreams are made on"

"I am as constant as the Northern Star."

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em"

"There is a tide in the affairs of men."

"Neither a borrower or a lender be."

"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child."

"This above all: to thy own self be true."

And on, and on, and on, and on . . . .

Answer 4

Here's a good link - all of these are still in use today.

Answer 5

Probably "good riddance" is the most-used, possibly followed by "green-eyed monster."

Answer 6

To be or not to be