Macbeth Quotes Flashcards
All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis.’
‘All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor.’
‘All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, that shalt be king hereafter.
Lesser than MacBeth, and greater.’
‘Not so happy, yet much happier.’
‘Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.’ (Witches)
‘If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me Without my stir’ (MacBeth)
(Aside) ‘The Prince of Cumberland: that is a step
On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap’ (Macbeth)
Stars, hide your fires,
Let light not see my black and deep desires’
‘yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way’ (Lady Macbeth)
‘thou wouldst be great;
Art not without ambition, but without
The illness should attend it’ (Lady Macbeth)
I may pour my spirits in thine ear; and chastise with the valour of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round“ (Lady Macbeth)
Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty!’ (Lady Macbeth)
‘I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself And falls on the other.’ (Macbeth)