Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Tag: King John

  • February 4

    Backfire

    And oftentimes excusing of a fault
    Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

    –King John,
    Act IV, Scene ii

  • Hell’s Kitchen

    Hell’s Kitchen

    I’ll so maul you and your toasting-iron,
    That you shall think the devil is come from hell.

    –King John,
    Act IV, Scene iii

  • January 2

    Do It

    Be great in act as you have been in thought.


    –King John,
    Act V, Scene i

  • November 1

    Conundrum

    When Fortune means to men most good,
    She looks upon them with a threat’ning eye.

    –King John,
    Act III, Scene iv

  • Just Because You Could

    Just Because You Could

    How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
    Make deeds ill done!…
    And thou, to be endeared to a king,
    Made it no conscience to destroy a prince.

    –King John,
    Act IV, Scene ii

  • October 8

    Brave Enough

    Courage mounteth with occasion.

    –King John,
    Act II, Scene i

  • Crocodile Tears

    Crocodile Tears

    Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
    For villany is not without such rheum;
    And he, long traded in it, makes it seem
    Like rivers of remorse and innocency.

    –King John,
    Act IV, Scene iii