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"Sound all the lofty instruments of war,
And by that music let us all embrace,
For, heaven to earth, some of us never shall
A second time do such a courtesy."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Hotspur, in Henry IV, Part 1, act 5, sc. 2, l. 97-100. |
"Jaques. The worst fault you have is to be in love.
Orlando. 'Tis a fault I will not change for your best
virtue."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Jaques and Orlando, in As You Like It, act 3, sc. 2, l. 282-4. |
"Thus Kent, O princes, bids you all adieu;
He'll shape his old course in a country new."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Kent, in King Lear, act 1, sc. 1, l. 186-7. |
"'Tis a kind of good deed to say well,
And yet words are no deeds."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. King Henry, in Henry VIII, act 3, sc. 2, l. 153-4.
On discovering the gap between Wolsey's words and his actions. |
"Throw away respect,
Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty,
For you have but mistook me all this while.
I live with bread like you, feel want,
Taste grief, need friends."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. King Richard, in Richard II, act 3, sc. 2, l. 172-6.
Acknowledging his common humanity. |
"Does any here know me? This is not Lear.
Does Lear walk thus? speak thus? Where are his eyes?"
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Lear, in King Lear, act 1, sc. 4, l. 226-7. |
"And may it be that you have quite forgot
A husband's office? Shall, Antipholus,
Even in the spring of love, thy love-springs rot?"
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Luciana, in The Comedy of Errors, act 3, sc. 2, l. 1-3.
Luciana thinks she is talking to her sister's husband, when it is actually his twin brother. |
"Banquo, thy soul's flight,
If it find heaven, must find it out tonight."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Macbeth, in Macbeth, act 3, sc. 1, l. 140-1.
Having arranged the murder of Banquo. |
"Truth hath a quiet breast."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Mowbray, in Richard II, act 1, sc. 3, l. 96.
Protesting his loyalty as he is about to fight Henry Bolingbroke. |
"O what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!"
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Ophelia, in Hamlet, act 3, sc. 1, l. 153 (1604).
Referring to Hamlet's bizarre behavior, part of his "antic disposition." |
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