Home/All Quotes/Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York....← Back to quotes“Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. Richard, Act I, scene i.”William ShakespeareShare#literature#theater#poetryliteratureMore by William Shakespeare“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 .…”