21 Phrases You Use Without Realizing You’re Quoting Shakespeare

(via Mental Floss) Shakespeare Famous quotes from William Shakespeare’s plays are easily recognizable: “To be or not to be,” “wherefore art thou, Romeo,” and “et tu, Brute?” instantly evoke Elizabethan images. But a number of lines from his plays have become so ingrained that we no longer recognize them as lines from plays at all. Here are 21 phrases you use but may not have known came from the Bard of Avon.