Shakespeare Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

813 Shakespeare Quotes
“O, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams, That, as I am a Christian faithful man, I would not spend another such a night, Though 't were to buy a world of happy days. -King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 4.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“Lord, Lord! methought, what pain it was to drown! What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears! What ugly sights of death within mine eyes! Methought I saw a thousand fearful wrecks, Ten thousand men that fishes gnawed upon, Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scattered in the bottom of the sea: Some lay in dead men's skulls; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 't were in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems. -King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 4.”
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“A parlous boy. -King Richard III. Act ii. Sc. 4.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“So wise so young, they say, do never live long. -King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 1.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“Off with his head! -King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 4.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down. -King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 4.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“Even in the afternoon of her best days. -King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 7.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“Thou troublest me; I am not in the vein. -King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 2.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“Their lips were four red roses on a stalk. -King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 3.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“The sons of Edward sleep in Abraham's bosom. -King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 3.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“Let not the heavens hear these tell-tale women Rail on the Lord's anointed. -King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 4.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“Tetchy and wayward. -King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 4.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told. -King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 4.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 2.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings; Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 2.”
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“The king's name is a tower of strength. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“Give me another horse: bind up my wounds. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me! -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“The early village cock Hath twice done salutation to the morn. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“The selfsame heaven That frowns on me looks sadly upon him. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“A thing devised by the enemy. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die: I think there be six Richmonds in the field. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 4.”
William Shakespeare Quotes
“A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 4.”
William Shakespeare Quotes