Limits of Discourse
For there was never yet philosopher
That could endure the toothache patiently.
— Much Ado About Nothing,
Act V, Scene i

For there was never yet philosopher
That could endure the toothache patiently.
— Much Ado About Nothing,
Act V, Scene i

Whiles I am a beggar, I will rail
And say there is no sin but to be rich;
And being rich, my virtue then shall be
To say there is no vice but beggary.
–King John,
Act II, Scene i

‘Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.
— Romeo and Juliet,
Act IV, Scene ii

Your wit’s too hot, it speeds too fast, ‘twill tire.
—Love’s Labour’s Lost,
Act II, Scene i

Men are mad things.
—Two Noble Kinsmen,
Act II, Scene ii

But I am a great eater of beef,
and I believe that does harm to my wit.
–Twelfth Night,
Act I, Scene iii

Thou art so fat-witted with drinking of old sack, and unbuttoning thee after supper, and sleeping upon benches after noon…
Thou hast forgotten to demand that truly which thou wouldst truly know.
–Henry IV Part 1,
Act I, Scene ii