Taming Of The Shrew Quotes

• Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Rain, Play

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 33

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• And where two raging fires meet together, they do consume the thing that feeds their fury.

  William Shakespeare

  Fire, Two, Together

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1786). “The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere,: With the Notes of All the Various Commentators; Printed Complete from the Best Editions of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens...”

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• What: is the jay more precious than the lark because his feathers are more beautiful?

  William Shakespeare

  Beautiful, Animal, Larks

  1593 Petruccio to Kate.TheTaming of the Shrew, act 4, sc.3, l.173-6.

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• This is a way to kill a wife with kindness.

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Kindness, Wife

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 4, sc. 1, l. [208]

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• The poorest service is repaid with thanks.

  William Shakespeare

  Taming, Thanks, Poorest

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.249

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• Tis the mind that makes the body rich.

  William Shakespeare

  Mind, Taming, Body

  William Shakespeare (2008). “The Taming of the Shrew”, p.139, Book Jungle

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• Say she rail; why, I'll tell her plain She sings as sweetly as a nightingale. Say that she frown; I'll say she looks as clear As morning roses newly wash'd with dew. Say she be mute and will not speak a word; Then I'll commend her volubility, and say she uttereth piercing eloquence.

  William Shakespeare

  Morning, Rose, Dew

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 2, sc. 1, l. 171

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• She is your treasure, she must have a husband;
  I must dance bare-foot on her wedding day,
  And, for your love to her, lead apes in hell.

  William Shakespeare

  Dance, Husband, Feet

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 2, sc. 1, l. 32

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• My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, and till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, for then she never looks upon her lure.

  William Shakespeare

  Looks, Empty, Look Up

  William Shakespeare, Harold James Oliver (1999). “The Taming of the Shrew”, p.186, Oxford University Press, USA

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• He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Thinking, World

  William Shakespeare (2004). “The Taming of the Shrew”, p.262, Perfection Learning

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• Petruchio: Come, come, you wasp; i' faith, you are too angry. Katherine: If I be waspish, best beware my sting. Petruchio: My remedy is then, to pluck it out. Katherine: Ay, if the fool could find where it lies. Petruchio: Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting? In his tail. Katherine: In his tongue. Petruchio: Whose tongue? Katherine: Yours, if you talk of tails: and so farewell. Petruchio: What, with my tongue in your tail? Nay, come again, Good Kate; I am a gentleman.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Farewell, Gentleman

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• I'll say she looks as clear as morning roses newly washed with dew.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Morning, Rose

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 2, sc. 1, l. 171

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• For I am he am born to tame you, Kate; and bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate conformable as other household Kates.

  William Shakespeare

  Taming, Shrews, Born

  William Shakespeare (2007). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.341, Wordsworth Editions

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• Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,
  Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee,
  And for thy maintenance commits his body
  To painful labour both by sea and land,
  To watch the night in storms, the day in cold,
  Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe;
  And craves no other tribute at thy hands
  But love, fair looks and true obedience;
  Too little payment for so great a debt.

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Husband, Home

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 5, sc. 2, l. 147

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• It is the mind that makes the body rich; and as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, so honor peereth in the meanest habit.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Intelligent, Clouds

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.3514, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Why are our bodies soft, and weak, and smooth But that our soft conditions and our hearts Should well agree with our external parts?

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Taming, Body

  William Shakespeare, William Harness (1830). “The dramatic works of William Shakspeare”, p.351

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• And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

  William Shakespeare

  Law, Taming, Culture

  William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell, George Steevens (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.410

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• My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Anger, Heart

  William Shakespeare, Brian Morris (1981). “The Taming of the Shrew: Second Series”, p.123, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• I am asham'd that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace.

  William Shakespeare

  Peace, War, Simple

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 5, sc. 2, l. 162

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• A woman moved is like a fountain troubled, Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty.

  William Shakespeare

  Women, Taming, Shrews

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 5, sc. 2, l. 143

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• Why, there's a wench! Come on, and kiss me, Kate.

  William Shakespeare

  Kissing, Taming, Wenches

  1593 Katherine.TheTaming of the Shrew, act 5, sc.2, l.185.

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• In brief, sir, study what you most affect.

  William Shakespeare

  Fun, Humor, Deep Thought

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 1, sc. 1, l. 39

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• Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Marriage, Mean

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.445, Oxford University Press

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• There's small choice in rotten apples.

  William Shakespeare

  Apples, Choices, Liberty

  1593 Hortensio to Gremio.TheTaming of the Shrew, act1, sc.1, l.133-4.

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• All's well that ends well.

  John Heywood

  Wise, Wisdom, Drama

  John Heywood (1867). “The proverbs and epigrams of John Heywood: with an app. of variations”, p.21

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