William Shakespeare on Leadership
1564–1616 England
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7 quotes
Every subject's duty is the king's; but every subject's soul is his own.
Henry V (1599)
Yet looks he like a king; behold, his eye,
As bright as is the eagle's, lightens forth
Controlling majesty.
Richard II (1595)
There's such divinity doth hedge a king,
That treason can but peep to what it would.
The king's name is a tower of strength,
Which they upon the adverse party want.
Richard III (1591)
A substitute shines brightly as a king
Until a king be by, and then his state
Empties itself, as doth an inland brook
Into the main waters.
The king-becoming graces,
As justice, verity, temperance, stableness,
Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,
Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,
I have no relish of them.
Macbeth (1605)
Let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings:
How some have been depos'd, some slain in war,
Some haunted by the ghosts they have depos'd,
Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd;
All murder'd.
Richard II (1595)