Shakespeare Flashcards
Winter
Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this son of York. Richard III
Prediction
If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.. Macbeth
TIming
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. Merry Wives of Windsor
Evil you know
‘Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of. Hamlet
Returning
The wheel is come full circle, I am here. King Lear
Content
My crown is called content, a crown it is that seldom kings enjoy. King Henry VI
Depression
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot,, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Macbeth
Romantic evening
If love be blind, it best agrees with night. R and J
Discretion
The better part of valor is discretion. Henry IV
Long-haired idiot
There’s many a man more hair than wit. Comedy of Errors
Too much of a good thing
An overflow of good converts to bad. Richard II
Wisdom
The fool doth think he is wise but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. As You Like It
Ungrateful child
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child! King Lear
Fault
Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, lies not within the stars, but in ourselves, that we underlings. Julius Caesar
Working
Things won are done, joy’s soul lies in the doing.
