Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Tag: Henry VIII

  • False Faces

    False Faces

    Ye have angels’ faces, but heaven knows your hearts.

    –Henry VIII,
    Act III, Scene i

  • November 2

    Walk Softly

    Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee:
    Corruption wins not more than honesty.
    Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace,
    To silence envious tongues.

    –Henry VIII,
    Act III, Scene ii

  • October 23

    Self-Talk

    Be to yourself
    As you would to your friend.

    –Henry VIII,
    Act I, Scene i

  • Precarious Position

    Precarious

    O, how wretched
    Is that poor man that hangs on princes’ favours!

    –Henry VIII, 
    Act III, Scene ii

  • September 9

    Say and Do

    And ’tis a kind of good deed to say well:
    And yet words are no deeds.

    –Henry VIII,
    Act III, Scene ii

  • August 14

    Simple Life

    Tis better to be lowly born,
    And range with humble livers in content,
    Than to be perked up in a glistering grief,
    And wear a golden sorrow.

    –Henry VIII,
    Act II, Scene iii

  • July 5

    Fear Less

    Things done well,
    And with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

    — Henry VIII,
    Act I, Scene ii