Quotes by William Shakespeare, The Tempest

Explore a curated collection of 26 quotes by William Shakespeare, The Tempest. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
O, wonder!How many goodly creatures are there here!How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,That has such people in't — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Full fathom five thy father lies;Of his bones are coral made;Those are pearls that were his eyes:Nothing of him that dot — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
...and then, in dreaming, / The clouds methought would open and show riches / Ready to drop upon me, that when I waked / — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Thought is free. — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
There's meaning in thy snores. — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
So. Lie there, my art. — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Their manners are more gentle, kind, than of our generation you shall find. — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Thou, my slave,As thou report'st thyself, was then her servant,And for thou wast a spirit too delicateTo act her earthy — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
O brave new world,That has such people in ’t!-Miranda — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Though with their high wrongs I am struck to th' quick,Yet with my nobler reason 'gainst my furyDo I take part. — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Let us not burthen our remembrance withA heaviness that's gone. — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves,And ye that on the sands with printless footDo chase the ebbing Nep — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
This rough magicI here abjure, and, when I have requiredSome heavenly music, which even now I do,To work mine end upon t — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
What's past is prologue. — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
I might call him. A thing divine, for nothing natural. I ever saw so noble. — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
The truth you speak doth lack some gentlenessAnd time to speak it in. You rub the soreWhen you should bring the plaster. — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Good wombs have borne bad sons."-- (Miranda, I:2) — William Shakespeare, The Tempest