Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Tag: Histories

May 22

Gossip Stings

For vice repeated is like the wandering wind.
Blows dust in other’s eyes, to spread itself…

–Pericles,
Act I, Scene i
May 17

Fool’s Gold

I am not only witty in myself,
but the cause that wit is in other men.

–Henry IV Part 2,
Act I, Scene ii
May 11

Worthwhile Pursuits

The time of life is short!
To spend that shortness basely were too long.

–Henry IV Part 1,
Act V, Scene ii
May 10

Stay Simple

I charge thee, fling away ambition:
By that sin fell the angels.

–Henry VIII,
Act III, Scene, ii
May 8

Reputation Matters

The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation: that away,
Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.

–Richard II,
Act I, Scene i
May 4

He Got One. And It Did.

O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend
The brightest heaven of invention.

–Henry V,
Prologue

May the Force Be With You
May 1

Sound and Fury

O, that my tongue were in the thunder’s mouth!
Then with a passion would I shake the world.

— King John,
Act III, Scene iv