Famous Quotations from Macbeth

Macbeth is a treasure trove of quotations that have become a part of present-day culture. Here are the ten most famous of them all.

1.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
(4.1.10), Weird Sisters

2.
Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
(1.1.13), Weird Sisters

3.
Out, damned spot! out, I say!
(5.1.32), Lady Macbeth

4.
Something wicked this way comes.
(4.1.46), Second Weird Sister

5.
The milk of human kindness.
(1.5.80), Lady Macbeth

6.
It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
(5.5.30), Macbeth

7.
This is a sorry sight.
(2.2.26), Macbeth

8.
When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
(1.1.1), Weird Sisters

9.
One fell swoop.
(4.3.259), Macduff

10.
Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here.
(1.5.46), Lady Macbeth

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