The Tragedy of Macbeth (commonly referred to as Macbeth) is a play by William Shakespeare on a royal assassination and the events that followed, or to put it briefly, Macbeth is a work by Shakespeare. It is Shakespeare’s shortest eponymous play and is believed to have been written around 1606. The earliest reference to an act on Shakespeare’s play is probably in April 1611, when Simon Foreman recorded one such play at the Globe Theatre. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, which was probably a prompt book for a specific act. Below you can find the collection of famous Macbeth quotes about guilt, ambition, power and fate from Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and other characters.
A film was also made based on this novel. The Tragedy of Macbeth (film) was premiered at 2021 New York Film Festival and was later made available for streaming on Apple TV+ by January 24, 2022. It was produced by Joel Coen, Frances McDormand and Robert Graf and stars Bertie Carvel, Alex Hassell, Corey Hawkins, Harry Melling, Kathryn Hunter, and Brendan Gleeson in lead roles.
Macbeth Quotes
- “It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth
- “There’s husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth
- “I bear a charmed life.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth
- “What! can the devil speak true?”- Banquo, ‘Macbeth
- “Confusion now hath made his masterpiece.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth
- “When the battle’s lost and won.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’,
- “I have supp’d full with horrors; direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts cannot once start me.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “We have scorched the snake, not killed it.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “Where we are, There’s daggers in men’s smiles, The near in blood, the nearer bloody.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “Out, damned spot! out, I say!”- Lady Macbeth, ‘Macbeth’
- “Letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would,’ Like the poor cat i’ the adage.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “My hands are of your color, but I shame To wear a heart so white.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “A deed without a name.”- Witches, ‘Macbeth’
- “It provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “Lay on, Macduff, And damned be him that first cries, ‘Hold, enough!'”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “Screw your courage to the sticking-place.- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “To show an unfelt sorrow is an office which the false man does easy.”- Malcolm, ‘Macbeth’,
- “Nothing in his life
- Became him like the leaving it.”- Malcolm, ‘Macbeth’
- “If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “Something wicked this way comes.”- Second Witch, ‘Macbeth’
- “I have bought, Golden opinions from all sorts of people.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’,
- “Present fears ,Are less than horrible imaginings.”- King Duncan, ‘Macbeth’
- “Come what come may, time and the hour run through the roughest day.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
“What’s done cannot be undone.”- Lady Macbeth, ‘Macbeth’
- “Leave no rubs nor botches in the work.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “I am in blood steepp’d in so far, that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “This is a sorry sight.” – William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air, Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “A little water clears us of this deed.”- William Shakespeare
- “Tongue nor heart, Cannot conceive nor name thee!”- Macduff, ‘Macbeth’
- “The love that follows us sometime is our trouble, Which still we thank as love.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
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- “After life’s fitful fever he sleeps well.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “Here’s the smell of blood. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land, Thus do go about, about.” – William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “The labor we delight in physics pain.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “False face must hide what the false heart doth know.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “O, full of scorpions is my mind!”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood, Clean from my hand?”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “To know my deed, ’twere best not know myself.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell; Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace, Yet grace must still look so.”- Malcolm, ‘Macbeth’
- “What’s done cannot be undone.”- Lady Macbeth, ‘Macbeth’
- “Things without all remedy, Should be without regard: What’s done is done.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
“Double, double toil and trouble;Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.”- Three Witches, ‘Macbeth’
- “Nothing is,But what is not.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “Receive what cheer you may. The night is long that never finds the day.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “The patient,Must minister to himself.”- Doctor, ‘Macbeth’
- “A falcon, towering in her pride of place,Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold:What hath quenched them hath given me fire.”- Lady Macbeth, ‘Macbeth’
- “Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “If you can look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow, and which will not, speak.”- Banquo, ‘Macbeth’
- “I’ll make assurance double sure.” – William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “Yet do I fear thy nature…”- Lady Macbeth, ‘Macbeth’
- “It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness.”- Lady Macbeth, ‘Macbeth’
“There’s no art To find the mind’s construction in the face.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “It was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman, Which gives the stern’st good-night.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “What bloody man is that?”- King Duncan, ‘Macbeth’
- “False face must hide what the false heart doth know.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well ,It were done quickly.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmed life, which must not yield to one of woman born.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it.”- Lady Macbeth, ‘Macbeth’,
- “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
- “When shall we three meet again ,In thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurly burly ‘s done, When the battle’s lost and won.”- William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’
