Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Tag: Tragedies

  • July 19

    July 19

    Leave the Shallows

    He that loves to be flattered is worthy o’ the flatterer.

    –Timon of Athens,
    Act I, Scene i

  • July 14

    July 14

    Be.

    To be, or not to be, that is the question:
    Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
    The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
    Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
    And by opposing end them.

    –Hamlet,
    Act III, Scene i

  • July 13

    July 13

    Unstable Showcase

    Reputation is an idle and most false imposition,
    oft got without merit and lost without deserving.

    –Othello,
    Act II, Scene iv

  • July 11

    July 11

    Blunt Insult

    Thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows.

    –Troilus and Cressida,
    Act II, Scene i

  • July 4

    July 4

    This Beauty May Burn

    These violent delights have violent ends
    And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
    Which as they kiss consume.

    –Romeo and Juliet,
    Act II, Scene vi

  • July 2

    July 2

    Hold Fast

    Let it be virtuous to be obstinate.

    –Coriolanus,
    Act V, Scene iii

  • June 28

    June 28

    Love Her

    She is a woman, therefore may be wooed:
    She is a woman, therefore may be won:
    She is [herself], therefore must be loved.

    –Titus Andronicus,
    Act II, Scene i