Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Tag: King Lear

  • November 4

    November 4

    Use When Necessary

    You are not worth the dust which the rude wind blows in your face.

    –King Lear,
    Act IV, Scene ii

  • October 15

    October 15

    Keep Some Things Quiet

    Have more than thou showest,
    Speak less than thou knowest.

    –King Lear,
    Act I, Scene iv

  • September 17

    September 17

    Best of the Worst

    Those wicked creatures yet do look well-favour’d
    When others are more wicked; not being the worst
    Stands in some rank of praise.

    — King Lear,
    Act II, Scene iv

  • August 6

    August 6

    Stand Up

    Jesters do oft prove prophets.

    — King Lear,
    Act V, Scene iii

  • July 29

    July 29

    Go the Other Way

    O, that way madness lies; let me shun that!
    No more of that.

    — King Lear,
    Act III, Scene iv

  • June 3

    June 3

    Mercurial Temperament

    An admirable evasion of man,
    to lay his disposition to the charge of a star.

    — King Lear,
    Act I, Scene ii