KING LEAR Flashcards
How sharper than
“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.”
Ay every inch
“Ay every inch a king when I do stare see how the subject quakes”
Nothing
“Nothing comes of nothing.”
Keep thy foot
“Keep thy foot out of brothels, thy hand out of plackets, thy pen from lender’s books and defy the foul fiend.”
When we are born
“When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.”
And worse I may
“And worse I may be yet. The worst is not so long as we can say this is the worst.”
Her voice was
“Her voice was ever soft, gentle, and low an excellent thing in woman.”
We are not ourselves
“We are not ourselves when nature being oppressed commands the mind to suffer with the body.”
Striving
“Striving to better oft we mar what’s well.”
