William Shakespeare Quotes about Wall

Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm.

Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm.

Wall, Greed, Cassius

'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 7

This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,--This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

William Shakespeare

Kings, Wall, War

'Richard II' (1595) act 2, sc. 1, l. 40

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall with our English dead.

William Shakespeare

Friendship, Memorial Day, Wall

'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 1

My prophecy is but half his journey yet, For yonder walls, that pertly front your town, Yon towers, whose wanton tops do buss the clouds, Must kiss their own feet.

William Shakespeare

Wall, Kissing, Journey

William Shakespeare (1790). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: Timon of Athens. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear. Vol. 8”, p.267

Thus have I, Wall, my part discharged so; And, being done, thus Wall away doth go.

William Shakespeare

Wall, Done, Being Done

William Shakespeare, William Harness, William Gilmore Simms (1842). “The Complete Works of William Shakspeare”, p.165

The weakest goes to the wall.

William Shakespeare

Wall, Weakness, Juliet

William Shakespeare (2012). “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, p.4, Hackett Publishing

Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary letter! My lord, if you will give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar, and daub the wall of a jakes with him. *all cheer for Shakespearean insults*

William Shakespeare

Cheer, Wall, Giving

Women being the weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the walls.

William Shakespeare

Wall, Vessel, Thrust

William Shakespeare (1871). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.7

Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.

William Shakespeare

Life, Strong, Wall

'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 3, l. 93

What many men desire--that 'many' may be meant By the fool multitude that choose by show, Not learning more than the fond eye doth teach, Which pries not to th' interior, but like the martlet Builds in the weather on the outward wall, Even in the force and road of casualty.

William Shakespeare

Wall, Eye, Men

'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 2, sc. 9, l. 25

For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground, and tell sad stories of the death of kings... All murdered; for within the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples of a king, keeps Death his court... and with a little pin bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!

William Shakespeare

Kings, Wall, Farewell

'Richard II' (1595) act 3, sc. 2, l. 155

No, no, no, no! Come, let's away to prison: We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage: When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out; And take upon's the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies: and we'll wear out, In a wall'd prison, packs and sects of great ones, That ebb and flow by the moon.

William Shakespeare

Wall, Butterfly, Blessing

'King Lear' (1605-6) act 5, sc. 3, l. 8