Taming Quotes

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

  William Shakespeare

  Law, Culture, Drink

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

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, Shall win my love.

  William Shakespeare

  Kindness, Love You, Winning

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson (1765). “The plays of William Shakespeare in eight volumes: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Sam Johnson”, p.69

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• All is well that ends well

  Emily Rodda

  Wise, Drama, Italian

  Emily Rodda (2008). “The Key to Rondo”, p.332, Scholastic Inc.

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• I see a woman may be made a fool, If she had not a spirit to resist.

  William Shakespeare

  May, Fool, Spirit

  William Shakespeare, Barry Cornwall (1857). “Tempest”, p.274

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

  William Shakespeare

  Women, Shrews, Fountain

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

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• Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? Have I not in my time heard lions roar? Have I not heard the sea, puffed up with winds, Rage like an angry boar chafed with sweat? Have I not heard great ordinance in the field, And Heaven's artillery thunder in the skies? Have I not in a pitched battle heard Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets' clang? And do you tell me of a woman's tongue, That gives not half so great a blow to hear As will a chestnut in a farmer's fire? Tush! tush! fear boys with bugs. Grumio: For he fears none.

  William Shakespeare

  Thinking, Blow, Boys

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The Taming of the Shrew”, p.33, Penguin

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• Nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal.

  William Shakespeare

  Money, Taming Of The Shrew

  'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 1, sc. 2, l. [82]

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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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• 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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• 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

  Shrews, Born, Household

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

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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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• He kills her in her own humor.

  William Shakespeare

  Taming Of The Shrew

  William Shakespeare, Lindsay Price (2002). “Taming of the Shrew”, p.25, Theatrefolk

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

  William Shakespeare

  Kissing, Wenches, Kiss Me

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

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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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• 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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• The poorest service is repaid with thanks.

  William Shakespeare

  Thanks, Taming Of The Shrew, Poorest

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

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• What, with my tongue in your tail? nay, come again, Good Kate; I am a gentleman.

  William Shakespeare

  Gentleman, Shrews, Tails

  William Shakespeare, Brian Morris (1981). “The Taming of the Shrew: Second Series”, p.208, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Life, Dog, Responsibility

  "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, (Ch. XXI), 1943.

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• A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beautiful, Hope, Women

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). “Culture, Behavior, Beauty”, p.97

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• She moves me not, or not removes at least affection's edge in me.

  William Shakespeare

  Moving, Shrews, Affection

  William Shakespeare (1842). “The works of William Shakespeare, the text formed from an entirely new collation of the old editions, with notes [&c.] by J.P. Collier. [With] Notes and emendations to the text of Shakespeare's plays”, p.129

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