WIST Quotations

Shakespeare, William -- Richard II, Act 3, sc. 2, l. 165ff (3.2.165-175) (1595)

Dave — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:03:15 +0000

KING RICHARD: For within the hollow crown
That rounds the mortal temples of a king
Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits,
Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp,
Allowing him a breath, a little scene,
To monarchize, be feared, and kill with looks,
Infusing him with self and vain conceit,
As if this flesh which walls about our life
Were brass impregnable; and humored thus,
Comes at the last and with a little pin
Bores through his castle wall, and farewell, king!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard II, Act 3, sc. 2, l. 165ff (3.2.165-175) (1595)
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Shakespeare, William -- Macbeth, Act 5, sc. 8, l. 15ff (5.8.15-22) (1606)

Dave — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:30:08 +0000

MACBETH: I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield
To one of woman born.

MACDUFF: Despair thy charm,
And let the angel whom thou still hast served
Tell thee Macduff was from his mother’s womb
Untimely ripped.

MACBETH: Accursèd be that tongue that tells me so,
For it hath cowed my better part of man!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Macbeth, Act 5, sc. 8, l. 15ff (5.8.15-22) (1606)
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Shakespeare, William -- Macbeth, Act 4, sc. 1, l. 90ff (4.1.90-92) (1606)

Dave — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 22:10:25 +0000

SECOND APPARITION: Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn
The power of man, for none of woman born
Shall harm Macbeth.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Macbeth, Act 4, sc. 1, l. 90ff (4.1.90-92) (1606)
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