Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Tag: Midsummer Night’s Dream

  • January 14

    Human Nature

    Lord, what fools these mortals be!

    -A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
    Act III, Scene ii

  • December 28

    Capture the Intangible

    And as imagination bodies forth
    The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen
    Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
    A local habitation and a name.

    –A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
    Act V, Scene i

  • Yuck

    Yuck

    I am sick when I do look on thee.

    -A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
    Act II, Scene i

  • Seasonal Affective Disorder

    Seasonal Affective Disorder

    The moon methinks looks with a watery eye;
    And when she weeps, weeps every little flower,
    Lamenting some enforced chastity.

    —A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
    Act III, Scene i

  • October 31

    Trick or Treat

    In the night, imagining some fear,
    How easy is a bush supposed a bear!

    –A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
    Act V, Scene i

  • Get Off Me

    Get Off Me

    Hang off, thou cat, thou burr! vile thing, let loose,
    Or I will shake thee from me like a serpent!

    —A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
    Act III, Scene ii

  • September 4

    Let It Blossom

    Things growing are not ripe until their season.

    –A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
    Act II, Scene ii