Macbeth: Quotations

A1S1 Wi fair

fair is foul, and foul is fair

A1S2 Du worthy

valiant cousin, worthy gentleman

A1S2 Ser unseam'd

unseam'd him from the nave to th' chaps

A1S3 M foul

so foul and fair a day I have not seen

A1S4 M fires

stars, hide your fires / Let not light see my black and deep desires

A1S5 LM ambition

thou wouldst be great / art not without ambition

A1S5 LM unsex

come you spirits… unsex me here

A1S5 LM direst

fill me from the crown to the toe top-full / of direst cruelty

A1S5 LM serpent

look like the innocent flower / but be the serpent under't

A1S7 LM dash'd

have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums / and dash'd the brains out

A1S7 LM durst

when you durst do it, then you were a man

A1S7 LM sticking-place

screw your courage to the sticking-place

A1S7 M no spur

I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent

A1S7 M dare

I dare do all that may become a man

A1S7 M face

false face must hide what the false heart doth know

A2S1 M heat-oppressed

a dagger of the mind, a false creation… from the heat-oppressed brain

A2S2 LM water

a little water clears us of this deed

A2S2 M sleep

methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more! / Macbeth does murder sleep'

A2S3 Do daggers

there's daggers in men's smiles

A3S1 B played'st

I fear / Thou played'st most foully for 't

A3S1 M fears

our fears in Banquo / stick deep

A3S2 M scorpions

O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!

A3S2 M chuck

Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck

A3S4 M blood

blood will have blood

A3S4 M tedious

I am in blood / stepp'd in so far that… / returning were as tedious as go o'er

A4S1 M firstlings

the very firstlings of my heart shall be / the firstlings of my hand

A5S1 LM perfumes

all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand

A5S1 LM spot

out, damned spot! out, I say!

A5S5 M nothing

[life]… it is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing

A5S5 M creeps

tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow / creeps in this petty pace from day to day

A5S5 M forgotten

I have almost forgot the taste of fears

A5S7 Ma butcher

dead butcher and his fiend like queen