Quotes of Lady Macbeth and the Witches of Act 1

When the hurly…

When the hurly-burly’s done,

When the battle’s lost and won.

Fair is…

Fair is foul, and foul is fair

Hover through the fog and filthy air.

All hail, Macbeth…

All hail Macbeth! Hail to thee thane of Glamis!

All hail Macbeth! Hail to thee thane of Cawdor!

All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!

Lesser than Macbeth…

Lesser than Macbeth and greater.

Not so happy…

Not so happy , yet much happier.

Thou shalt get kings…

Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.

My dearest partner…

My dearest partner of greatness, that thou migh’st not lose the dues of rejoicing, by being ignorant of what greatness is promised to thee.

Yet do I fear thy nature;…

Yet do I fear thy nature;

It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness

To catch the nearest way:

I may pour my spirits…

I may pour my spirits in thine ear

And chastise with the valor of my tongue

All that impedes thee from the golden round,

Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem to have thee crowned withal

The raven itself is hoarse…

The raven itself is hoarse

That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlement.

unsex me here…

unsex me here,

And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full

Of direst cruelty.

Stop up the access…

Stop up the access and passage to remorse

Come to my women’s breasts…

Come to my woman’s breasts,

And take my milk for gall

dunnest…

dunnest smoke of hell

look like th’ innocent…

Look like th' innocent flower,

But be the serpent under ’t

night’s great…

night’s great business

All our service…

All our service, In every point twice done and then done double

Art thou afeard…

Art thou afeard

To be the same in thine own act and valor

As thou art in desire?

coward in thine…

coward in thine own esteem,

Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would, ”

When you durst to do it…

When you durst do it, then you were a man;

Be so much more…

Be so much more the man.

While it was smiling…

While it was smiling in my face

dashed the brains out…

dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you

Have done to this.

But screw your…

But screw your courage to the sticking-place,

And we’ll not fail