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King Lear Quotes
| Which of you shall we say doth love us most? (King Lear to daughters - Act 1 Scene 1) |
| Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave My heart into my mouth. I love your majesty According to my bond; no more nor less. (Cordelia to King Lear - Act 1 Scene 1) |
| Let it be so. Thy truth then be thy dower. (King Lear to Cordelia - Act 1 Scene 1) |
| by the sacred radiance of the sun… Here I disclaim all my paternal care. (King Lear to Cordelia - Act 1 Scene 1) |
| 'Tis the infirmity of his age. Yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself. (Regan to Goneril - Act 1 Scene 1) |
| The best and soundest of his time hath been but rash. (Goneril to Regan - Act 1 Scene 1) |
| Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furr’d gowns hide all. (King Lear to Edgar and Gloucester - Act 4 Scene 6) |
| Why bastard? wherefore base? ... Edmund the base Shall top the legitimate. I grow; I prosper. Now, gods, stand up for bastards! (Edmund to himself - Act 1 Scene 2) |
| Which of them shall I take? Both? One? Or neither? Neither can be enjoyed. If both remain alive. (Edmund to himself - Act 5 Scene 1) |
| That which my father loses: no less than all; the younger rises when the old doth fall. (Edmund to himself - Act 3 Scene 3 ) |
| The wheel is come full circle. I am here. (Edmund to Edgar - Act 5 Scene 3) |
| Put on what weary negligence you please (Goneril to Oswald - Act 1 Scene 3) |
| How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! (King Lear to himself - Act 1 Scene 4) |
| Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least, Nor are those empty-hearted whose low sound Reverb no hollowness. (King Lear to Kent - Act 1 scene 1) |
| To wilful men the injuries that they themselves procure Must be their schoolmasters. Shut up your doors. (Regan to Cornwall - Act 2 Scene 4) |
| You heavens, give me that patience, patience I need! (King Lear to Regan and Goneril - Act 2 Scene 4) |
| I am a man More sinned against than sinning. (King Lear to Kent - Act 3 Scene 2) |
| Here I stand, your slave - A poor, infirm, weak and despised old man. (King Lear to Fool - Act 3 Scene 2) |
| As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; They kill us for their sport. (Gloucester to himself - Act 4 Scene 1) |
| I fear I am not in my perfect mind. (King Lear to Cordelia - Act 4 Scene 7) |
| A man may see how this world goes With no eyes (Lear to Gloucester - Act 4 Scene 6) |
| Pray you now, forget and forgive. I am old and foolish. (King Lear to Cordelia - Act 4 Scene 7) |
| The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us. (Edgar to Edmund - Act 5 Scene 3) |
| Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. (Edgar to Kent - Act 5 Scene 3) |
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