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William Shakespeare on God

1564–1616 England

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And to add greater honours to his age
Than man could give him, he died fearing God.

Henry VIII (1613)

The basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes.

Henry V (1599)

God shall be my hope,
My stay, my guide and lantern to my feet.

Cupid is a knavish lad,
Thus to make poor females mad.

God is our fortress, in whose conquering name
Let us resolve to scale their flinty bulwarks.

Wilt thou draw near the nature of the gods?
Draw near them in being merciful;
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

King Lear (1608)

Had I but serv'd my God with half the zeal
I serv'd my king, He would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine enemies.

Henry VIII (1613)

This senior-junior, giant-dwarf, Dan Cupid:
Regent of love-rhymes, lord of folded arms,
The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans,
Liege of all loiterers and malcontents.

However wickedness outstrips men, it has no wings to fly from God.

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