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Quotes from King John — William Shakespeare

1564–1616 England

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54 quotes

News fitting to the night,
Black, fearful, comfortless and horrible.

King John (1598)

When law can do no right,
Let it be lawful that law bar no wrong.

King John (1598)

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done!

King John (1598)

Beyond the infinite and boundless reach
Of mercy, if thou didst this deed of death,
Art thou damn'd, Hubert.

King John (1598)

I had a thing to say,
But I will fit it with some better time.

King John (1598)

And so he'll die; and, rising so again,
When I shall meet him in the court of heaven
I shall not know him.

King John (1598)

I would that I were low laid in my grave;
I am not worth this coil that's made for me.

King John (1598)

Of Nature's gifts thou may'st with lilies boast
And with the half-blown rose.

King John (1598)

Here I and sorrows sit:
Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it.

King John (1598)

My lord, they say five moons were seen tonight:
Four fixed, and the fifth did whirl about
The other four in wondrous motion.

King John (1598)

He is the half part of a blessed man,
Left to be finished by such as she;
And she a fair divided excellence,
Whose fulness of perfection lies in him.

King John (1598)

Before the curing of a strong disease,
Even in the instant of repair and health,
The fit is strongest; evils that take leave,
On their departure most of all show evil.

King John (1598)

O, that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth!
Then with a passion would I shake the world.

King John (1598)

Zounds! I was never so bethump'd with words
Since I first call'd my brother's father dad.

King John (1598)

Think you I bear the shears of destiny?
Have I commandment on the pulse of life?

King John (1598)

The image of a wicked heinous fault
Lives in his eye: that close aspect of his
Does show the mood of a much troubled breast.

King John (1598)

Dost thou now fall over to my foes?
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.

King John (1598)

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow.

King John (1598)

Strong reasons make strong actions.

King John (1598)

Unthread the rude eye of rebellion.

King John (1598)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Shakespeare (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.