Quotes The Tempest

Gonzalo

“I have great comfort from this fellow. Methinks he Hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is perfect gallows.”

Prospero

“i have done nothing but in care of thee, Of thee my dear one, thee my daughter, who Art ignorant of what thou art”

Prospero

“Me (poor man) my library was dukedom large enough”

Ariel

“Not a hair perished

On their sustaining garments not a blemish,

But fresher than before; and as thou bad’st me,

In troops I have dispersed them ‘bout the isle.”

Prospero

“This damned witch Sycorarx,

For mischief manifold, and sorceries terrible

To enter human hearing, from Argier,

Thou know’st, was banished”

Caliban

“You taught me language, and profit on’t

Is, I know how to curse”

Gonzalo

“Beseech you, sir, be merry. You have cause

(So have we all) of Joy; for our escape

Is much beyond our loss.”

Sebastian

“Draw they sword. One stroke

Shall free thee from the tribute which thou payest,

And I the King shall love thee.”

Trincolo

“A most ridiculous monster, to make a wonder of a poor drunkard!”

Caliban

“There thou mayst brain him,

Having first seized his books, or with a log

Batter his skull.”

Alonzo

“I will stand to and feed;

Although my last, no matter, since I feel

The best is past.”

Prospero

“The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither

For stale to catch these theives.”

Ariel

“I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking;

So full of valor that they smote the air

For breathing in their faces, beat the ground

For kissing of their feet…”

Prospero

“I had forgot that foul conspiracy

Of the beast Caliban and his confederates

Against my life. The minute of their plot

is almost come.”

Ferdinand

“Let me live here ever!

So rare a wond’red father and a wise

makes this place Paradise

Prospero

“At this hour

Lie at my mercy all mine enemies.

Shortly shall all my labors end, and thou

Shalt have the air at freedom.”

Trinculo

“Monster, I do smell all horse piss, at which my nose is in great indignation.”

Caliban

“i will have non on’t. We shall lose our time

and all be turned to barnacles, or to apes

With foreheads villainous low.”

Prospero

“All they vexations

Were but trials of thy love, and thou

Hast strangely stood the test

Stephano

“Monster, lay-to your fingers; help to bear this away where my hogshead of wine is, or I’ll turn you out of my kingdom.”

Prospero

“We are such stuff

As dreams are made on, and out little life

Is rounded with a sleep.”