Powerful Quotes from King Lear – Insights into Human Nature and Tragedy part 1
As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods.
Nothing will come of nothing.
I am a man more sinned against than sinning.
The weight of this sad time we must obey.
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.
When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.
My love’s more richer than my tongue.
A dog’s obeyed in office.
The prince of darkness is a gentleman.
You see how full of changes his age is.
Powerful Quotes from King Lear – Insights into Human Nature and Tragedy part 2
I would fain see you.
The wheel is come full circle.
Gloucester, I live to see you.
Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend.
Take thou this note; go follow them to Dover.
Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men.
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!
There’s a great rage in me.
O, reason not the need!
Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile.
Powerful Quotes from King Lear – Insights into Human Nature and Tragedy part 3
What is the city but the people?
All the world’s a stage, and men and women merely players.
The hedge is gone.
With all my love I do this for you.
O, let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven!
I’d rather be a dog and bay the moon.
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.
A very honest-hearted fellow.
Let us deal justly.
How far your eyes may pierce, I cannot tell.
Powerful Quotes from King Lear – Insights into Human Nature and Tragedy part 4
What can mankind do, against its better judgment?
I am bound upon a wheel of fire.
You must unstick your nose.
The tempest in my mind.
Shut up your doors, hold your hands.
In the dark and cloudy night.
I will not be taken in by flattery.
A king’s a king.
The fool doth think he is wise.
A nation that can hesitate is lost.
Powerful Quotes from King Lear – Insights into Human Nature and Tragedy part 5
I see the world as a stain upon a canvas.
Those who are wise are not always right.
We are all made of the same clay.
My life is a story with no beginning or end.
There’s nothing more tragic than a man who loses his way.
