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Richard III QUOTES

Richard III QUOTES

1 " So wise so young, they say, do never live long. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

2 " Sin, death, and hell have set their marks on him,
And all their ministers attend on him. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

3 " Dispute not with her: she is lunatic. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

4 " I have set my life upon a cast,
And I will stand the hazard of the die. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

5 " In thy foul throat thou liest. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

6 " But then I sigh, with a piece of Scripture
Tell them that God bids us to do evil for good;
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With odd old ends stolen out of Holy Writ;
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

7 " Out of my sight! Thou dost infect mine eyes. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

8 " And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover,
To entertain these fair well-spoken days, —
I am determined to prove a villain,
And hate the idle pleasures of these days. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

9 " What do I fear? Myself? There’s none else by.
Richard loves Richard; that is, I and I. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

10 " And thus I clothe my naked villainy
With odd old ends stol'n out of holy writ;
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

11 " A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

12 " I'll not meddle with it. It makes a man a coward: a man cannot steal but it accuseth him; a man cannot swear but it checks him; a man cannot lie with his neighbor's wife but it detects him. 'Tis a blushing, shamefaced spirit that mutinies in a man's bosom. It fills a man full of obstacles. It made me once restore a purse of gold that by chance I found. It beggars any man that keeps it. It is turned out of towns and cities for a dangerous thing, and every man that means to live well endeavors to trust to himself and live without it. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

13 " Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

14 " Now is the winter of our discontent. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

15 " Bad is the world; and all will come to nought,
When such ill dealing must be seen in thought. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

16 " Bad is the world, and all will come to naught
when such ill-dealing must be seen in thought. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

17 " SCRIVENER. Here is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings;
Which in a set hand fairly is engross'd
That it may be to-day read o'er in Paul's.
And mark how well the sequel hangs together:
Eleven hours I have spent to write it over,
For yesternight by Catesby was it sent me;
The precedent was full as long a-doing;
And yet within these five hours Hastings liv'd,
Untainted, unexamin'd, free, at liberty.
Here's a good world the while! Who is so gros
That cannot see this palpable device?
Yet who's so bold but says he sees it not?
Bad is the world; and all will come to nought,
When such ill dealing must be seen in thought. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

18 " QUEEN ELIZABETH. O thou well skill'd in curses, stay awhile
And teach me how to curse mine enemies!
QUEEN MARGARET. Forbear to sleep the nights, and fast the days;
Compare dead happiness with living woe;
Think that thy babes were sweeter than they were,
And he that slew them fouler than he is.
Bett'ring thy loss makes the bad-causer worse;
Revolving this will teach thee how to curse.
QUEEN ELIZABETH. My words are dull; O, quicken them with thine!
QUEEN MARGARET. Thy woes will make them sharp and pierce like mine.
DUCHESS. Why should calamity be fun of words?
QUEEN ELIZABETH. Windy attorneys to their client woes,
Airy succeeders of intestate joys,
Poor breathing orators of miseries,
Let them have scope; though what they will impart
Help nothing else, yet do they case the heart.
DUCHESS. If so, then be not tongue-tied. Go with me,
And in the breath of bitter words let's smother
My damned son that thy two sweet sons smother'd.
The trumpet sounds; be copious in exclaims. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

19 " KING RICHARD. I have learn'd that fearful commenting
Is leaden servitor to dull delay;
Delay leads impotent and snail-pac'd beggary.
Then fiery expedition be my wing,
Jove's Mercury, and herald for a king!
Go, muster men. My counsel is my shield.
We must be brief when traitors brave the field. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III

20 " Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. "

― William Shakespeare , Richard III