Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Tag: Henry VI Part 3

  • December 14

    Rule Your World

    My crown is in my heart, not on my head.

    -Henry VI Part 3,
    Act III, Scene i

  • The Worm Turns

    The Worm Turns

    The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.

    –Henry VI, Part 3,
    Act II Scene ii

  • Taunt

    Taunt

    And I, to make thee mad, do mock thee thus.
    Stamp, rave, and fret, that I may sing and dance.

    -Henry VI Part 3,
    Act I, Scene iv

  • October 2

    Seek Sweeter Shade

    Gives not the hawthorn-bush a sweeter shade
    To shepherds looking on their silly sheep,
    Than doth a rich embroider’d canopy
    To kings that fear their subjects’ treachery?

    –Henry VI Part 3,
    Act II, Scene v

  • September 8

    Accusations May Be Echoes

    Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
    The thief doth fear each bush an officer.

    –Henry VI Part 3,
    Act V Scene vi

  • There’s More to It

    There’s More To It

    The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers…
    Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing,
    that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment?
    That parchment, being scribbled o’er, should undo a man?

    –Henry VI Part 2,
    Act IV, Scene ii

  • Deadly Chameleon

    Deadly Chameleon

    Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile,
    And cry ‘Content’ to that which grieves my heart,
    And wet my cheeks with artificial tears,
    And frame my face to all occasions.
    I’ll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall…

    -Henry VI Part 3,
    Act III, Scene ii