Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Tag: Histories

  • October 8

    Brave Enough

    Courage mounteth with occasion.

    –King John,
    Act II, Scene i

  • October 7

    Fingers Crossed

    ‘Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.

    -Pericles,
    Act I, Scene ii

  • October 3

    Honesty Is the Best Policy

    While you live, tell truth and shame the devil!

    –Henry IV Part 1,
    Act III, Scene i

  • 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 29

    Only Human

    I think the King is but a man, as I am.
    The violet smells to him as it doth to me.

    —Henry V,
    Act IV, Scene

  • September 27

    Oft Misquoted

    Bloody thou art, bloody will be thy end;
    Shame serves thy life and doth thy death attend.

    —Richard III,
    Act IV, Scene iv

  • September 22

    Talk Less

    Where words are scarce,
    they are seldom spent in vain.

    ^Richard II,
    Act II, Scene i