His (Cardinal Wolsey’s) own opinion was his law. (Henry VIII)
William Shakespeare Quotes
Authority, though it err like others, hath yet a kind of medicine in itself, that skins the vice off the top. (Measure for Measure)
An admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition on the change of a star! (King Lear)
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood. (Julius Caesar)
As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I slew him. There is tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his ambition. (Julius Caesar)
If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all – here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We’d jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here; that we but teach […]
Preposterous ass, that never read so far to know the cause of why music was ordained; was it not to refresh the mind of man after his studies or his usual pain? (The Taming of the Shrew)
More matter with less art. (Hamlet)
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though locked up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted. (Henry VI)
It is most meet we arm us ‘gainst the foe; For peace itself should not so dull a kingdom, Though war nor no known quarrel were in question, But that defences, musters, preparations, Should be maintain’d, assembled and collected, As were a war in expectation. (Henry V)
