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Give me another horse: bind up my wounds.
Richard III (1591)
Talkers are no good doers; be assur'd
We come to use our hands and not our tongues.
Richard III (1591)
Before I be convict by course of law,
To threaten me with death is most unlawful.
Richard III (1591)
Truly the souls of men are full of dread:
Ye cannot reason almost with a man
That looks not heavily and full of fear.
Richard III (1591)
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every tale condemns me for a villain.
Richard III (1591)
The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!
Thy friends suspect for traitors while thou liv'st,
And take deep traitors for thy dearest friends!
Richard III (1591)
O, my lord,
You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:
The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.
Richard III (1591)
My tongue's use is to me no more
Than an unstringed viol or a harp.
Richard III (1591)
O do not slander him, for he is kind.
Right; as snow in harvest.
Richard III (1591)
Tellest thou me of "ifs"? Thou art a traitor:
Off with his head!
Richard III (1591)
So smooth he daub'd his vice with show of virtue,
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He liv'd from all attainder of suspect.
Richard III (1591)
For never yet one hour in his bed
Have I enjoyed the golden dew of sleep,
But have been waked by his timorous dreams.
Richard III (1591)
A grievous burthen was thy birth to me;
Tetchy and wayward was thy infancy.
Richard III (1591)
The liquid drops of tears that you have shed
Shall come again, transform'd to orient pearl,
Advantaging their loan with interest
Of ten times double gain of happiness.
Richard III (1591)
Fear not, my lord, I'll play the orator
As if the golden fee for which I plead
Were for myself.
Richard III (1591)
Since every Jack became a gentleman,
There's many a gentle person made a Jack.
Richard III (1591)
What is done cannot be now amended.
Richard III (1591)
Shadows to-night
Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard
Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers
Armed in proof, and led by shallow Richmond.
Richard III (1591)
Was ever woman in this humour woo'd?
Was ever woman in this humour won?
Richard III (1591)
Conscience is but a word that cowards use,
Devis'd at first to keep the strong in awe;
Our strong arms be our conscience, swords our law.
Richard III (1591)