Backfire
And oftentimes excusing of a fault
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
–King John,
Act IV, Scene ii

And oftentimes excusing of a fault
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
–King John,
Act IV, Scene ii

Be great in act as you have been in thought.
–King John,
Act V, Scene i

When Fortune means to men most good,
She looks upon them with a threat’ning eye.
–King John,
Act III, Scene iv

Courage mounteth with occasion.
–King John,
Act II, Scene i

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
–King John,
Act III, Scene iv

For new-made honour doth forget men’s names.
–King John,
Act I, Scene i

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