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"Unregarded age in corners thrown."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Adam, in As You Like It, act 2, sc. 3, l. 42. |
"Sometimes we see a cloud that's dragonish,
A vapor sometimes like a bear or lion,
A towered citadel, a pendant rock,
A forked mountain, or blue promontory
With trees upon 't that nod unto the world
And mock our eyes with air. Thou hast seen these signs;
They are black vesper's pageants."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British poet. Antony and Cleopatra (IV, xiv). . .
The Unabridged William Shakespeare, William George Clark and William Aldis Wright, eds. (1989) Running Press. |
"Devise, wit; write, pen; for I am for whole volumes in folio."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Armado, in Love's Labor's Lost, act 1, sc. 2, l. 184-5.
To express his love for the country wench, Jaquenetta. |
"Rich she shall be, that's certain; wise, or I'll none; virtuous, or I'll never cheapen her; fair, or I'll never look on her; mild, or come not near me; noble, or not I for an angel; of good discourse, an excellent musician, and her hair shall be of what color it please God."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Benedick, in Much Ado About Nothing, act 2, sc. 3, l. 30-5.
Admitting after all that he could care for a woman—if she has all the graces. |
"Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak, for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak, for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak, for him have I offended."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Brutus, in Julius Caesar, act 3, sc. 2, l. 29-34.
To the people, after the death of Caesar. |
"What can be avoided
Whose end is purposed by the mighty gods?"
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Caesar, in Julius Caesar, act 2, sc. 2, l. 26-7. |
"Urge me no more, I shall forget myself."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Cassius, in Julius Caesar, act 4, sc. 3, l. 35.
To Brutus; "urge" means provoke. |
"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below:
Words without thoughts never to heaven go."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Claudius, in Hamlet, act 3, sc. 3, l. 97-8.
Finding his prayers for forgiveness are ineffective. |
"Would you have me
False to my nature? Rather say, I play
The man I am."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Coriolanus, in Coriolanus, act 3, sc. 2, l. 14-6. |
"Don Pedro. Will you have me, lady?
Beatrice. No, my lord, unless I might have another for working-days: your grace is too costly to wear every day."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Don Pedro and Beatrice, in Much Ado About Nothing, act 2, sc. 1, l. 326-9.
Beatrice neatly turns aside the offer of the Prince of Aragon. |
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