On Stage
Nothing will come of nothing, speak again.
King Lear, Act 1 Scene 1
Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides...
Cordelia, Act 1, Scene 1
Thou, Nature, art my goddess; to thy law
My services are bound
Edmund, Act 1 Scene 2
Now, gods, stand up for bastards!
Edmund, Act 1 Scene 2
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is
To have a thankless child.
King Lear, Act 1 Scene 4
Who is it that can tell me who I am?
King Lear, Act 1, Scene 4
Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.
Fool, Act, 1 Scene 5
That sir which serves and seeks for gain, and follows but for form, will pack when it begins to rain...
Fool, Act 2, Scene 2
Blow winds and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow,
You cataracts and hurricanoes.
King Lear, Act 3 Scene 2
I am a man
More sinned against than sinning.
King Lear, Act 3 Scene 2
This cold night will turn us all to fools and madmen.
Fool, Act 3, Scene 4
Go thrust him out at gates, and let him smell
His way to Dover.
Regan, Act 3, Scene 7
I have no way, and therefore want no eyes; I stumbled when I saw.
Gloucester, Act 4, Scene 1
As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods:
They kill us for their sport.
Gloucester, Act 4 Scene 1
So distribution should undo excess,
And each man have enough.
Gloucester, Act 4 Scene 1
’Tis the time’s plague when madmen lead the blind.
Gloucester, Act 4, Scene 1
Get thee glass eyes,
And like a scurvy politician seem
To see the things thou dost not.
King Lear, Act 4 Scene 5
When we are born, we cry that we are come
To this great stage of fools.
King Lear, Act 4 Scene 5
O ruined piece of nature, this great world / Shall so wear out to naught.
Gloucester, Act 4, Scene 6
Jesters do oft prove prophets.
King Lear, Act 5 Scene 3
Come, let’s away to prison;
We two alone will sing like birds i’the cage.
King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3
When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down
And ask of thee forgiveness.
King Lear, Act 5 Scene 3
