actualy king lear quotes

“Nothing will come of nothing.”

Lear

“I am a man more sinned against than sinning.”

Lear

“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is / To have a thankless child!”

Lear

“O, let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven!”

Lear

“Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!”

Lear

“Does any here know me? This is not Lear.”

Lear

“I gave you all.”

Lear

“Pray you, undo this button.”

Lear

“Nothing, my lord.”

Cordelia

“I cannot heave my heart into my mouth.”

Cordelia

“Love, and be silent.”

Cordelia

“You have begot me, bred me, loved me.”

Cordelia

“We are not the first / Who with best meaning have incurred the worst.”

Cordelia

“No blown ambition doth our arms incite, but love, dear love.”

Cordelia

“Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides.”

Cordelia

“Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave my heart into my mouth.”

Cordelia

“Now, gods, stand up for bastards!”

Edmund

“The younger rises when the old doth fall.”

Edmund

“Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land.”

Edmund

“If not by birth, have lands by wit.”

Edmund

“Which of them shall I take? Both? One? Or neither?”

Edmund

“I shall maintain my truth and honour firmly.”

Edmund

“The wheel is come full circle; I am here.”

Edmund

“Nature, art my goddess; to thy law / My services are bound.”

Edmund

“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.”

Gloucester

“I stumbled when I saw.”

Gloucester

“I have no way, and therefore want no eyes.”

Gloucester

“O my follies! Then Edgar was abused.”

Gloucester

“Let him smell his way to Dover.”

Gloucester

“The king is mad

how stiff is my vile sense.”

“This great world shall so wear out to nought.”

Gloucester

“Methinks the ground is even.”

Gloucester

“See better, Lear.”

Kent

“Be Kent unmannerly when Lear is mad.”

Kent

“My life I never held but as a pawn to wage against thine enemies.”

Kent

“I am the king’s loyal servant.”

Kent

“Fortune, good night

smile once more; turn thy wheel!”

“I’ll show you the difference

speak, sir.”

“Now, banish’d Kent; / If thou canst serve where thou dost stand condemn’d, / So may it come.”

Kent

“I do profess to be no less than I seem.”

Kent

“Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.”

Fool

“I am a fool, thou art nothing.”

Fool

“Truth’s a dog must to kennel.”

Fool

“Nuncle, give me an egg, and I’ll give thee two crowns.”

Fool

“The fool will stay, / And let the wise man fly.”

Fool

“This cold night will turn us all to fools and madmen.”

Fool

“I had rather be any kind o’ thing than a fool—and yet I would not be thee.”

Fool

“Have more than thou showest, / Speak less than thou knowest.”

Fool

“Sir, I love you more than word can wield the matter.”

Goneril

“Idle old man.”

Goneril

“Milk-livered man!”

Goneril

“Pluck out his eyes!”

Goneril

“I must change names at home, and give the distaff into my husband’s hands.”

Goneril

“This man hath had good counsel!”

Goneril

“If not, I’ll ne’er trust medicine.”

Goneril

“Such unconstant starts are we like to have from him as this of Kent’s banishment.”

Goneril

“I am made of that self metal as my sister.”

Regan

“’Tis the infirmity of his age.”

Regan

“Hang him instantly!”

Regan

“Let him smell his way to Dover.”

Regan

“O sir, to wilful men / The injuries they do return…”

Regan

“One side will mock another; the other too.”

Regan

“I am alone felicitate in your dear highness’ love.”

Regan

“I pray you, father, being weak, seem so.”

Regan