Shakespeare: Oxford Shakespeare (The Complete Works)

Summary: Oxford Shakespeare (The Complete Works) by Shakespeare . (Stub — expand from highlights.)

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Source pages: Library Quotes Analysis: Batch 4 (Books 39-49 Selection), Quotes batch 23

Quote pages: Shakespeare – Oxford Shakespeare (The Complete Works)

Last updated: 2026-05-07

Quotes

Concept

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.” (Romeo and Juliet, p. 385)

Behavior

“All the world’s a stage, / And all the men and women merely players; / They have their exits and their entrances.” (As You Like It, p. 642)

Game Theory

“The game’s afoot: / Follow your spirit; and, upon this charge / Cry ‘God for Harry! England and Saint George!’” (Henry V, p. 578)

Cognition

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” (Hamlet, p. 690)

Memory

“I cannot but remember such things were, / That were most precious to me.” (Macbeth, p. 1012)