“Oedipe , act II, scene IV”
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“On doit des égards aux vivants; on ne doit aux morts que la vérité. We should be considerate to the living; to the dead we owe only the truth.”
“Critique de l'Œdipe . Première lettre à M. de Genonville . Footnote to second edition. Tr. Harbottle and Dalbiac, Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian , 2nd ed. (1904) p. 167. Compare: Mothe Le Vayer”
“The Merry Wives of Windsor”
“Beauty itself doth of itself persuade The eyes of men without an orator. The Rape of Lucrece (1594).”
“Time 's glory is to calm contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light . The Rape of Lucrece .”
“That deep torture may be called a hell, When more is felt than one hath power to tell. The Rape of Lucrece .”
“Crabbed age and youth cannot live together: Youth is full of pleasure, age is full of care The Passionate Pilgrim : A Madrigal; there is some doubt about the authorship of this.”
“I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with the furniture Shakespeare's will”
“Good frend for Jesus sake forbeare To digg the dust encloased heare Blese be the man that spares these stones And curst be he that moves my bones Shakespeare's epitaph”
“Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. Richard, Act I, scene i.”
“Off with his head! Richard, Act III, scene iv.”
“A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! Richard, Act V, scene iv.”