William Shakespeare - King Quotes

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This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea…
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

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Thou [Death] setter up and plucker down of
kings.

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So excellent a king; that was, to this,
Hyperion to a satyr: so loving to my mother,
That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
Visit her face too roughly.

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Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned,
Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked or charitable,
Thou com'st in such a questionable shape
That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet,
King, father; royal Dane, O! answer me.

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Young Adam Cupid, he that shot so trim When King Cophetua lov'd the beggarmaid.

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A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.

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Not all the water in the rough rude sea
Can wash the balm from an anointed king;
The breath of worldly men cannot depose
The deputy elected by the Lord.

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Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge
That no king can corrupt.

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Is not the king's name twenty thousand names?
Arm, arm, my name! A puny subject strikes
At thy great glory.

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Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all,
As the weird women promised; and, I fear,
Thou play'dst most foully for't.

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You may my glories and my state depose,
But not my griefs; still am I king of those.

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Comes at the last, and with a little pin
Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!

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For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

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My crown is in my heart, not on my head;
Not deck'd with diamonds and Indian stones,
Nor to be seen: my crown is call'd content;
A crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.

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The king's a bawcock, and a heart of gold,
A lad of life, an imp of fame,
Of parents good, of fist most valiant:
I kiss his dirty shoe, and from my heart-string
I love the lovely bully.

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The king hath note of all that they intend, by interception which they dream not of.

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Every subject's duty is the king's; but every subject's soul is his own.

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First Guard:... Charmian, is this well done? Charmian: It is well done, and fitting for a princess Descended of so many royal kings.

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ROSENCRANTZ My lord, you must tell us where the body is, and go with us to the king. HAMLET The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. The king is a thing - GUILDENSTERN A thing my lord? HAMLET Of nothing. Bring me to him. Hide fox, and all after!

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Though I be but the prince of Wales, yet I am king of courtesy

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As the old hermit of Prague, that never saw pen and ink, very wittily said to a niece of King Gorboduc, "That, that is, is."

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Time's the king of men;
He's both their parent, and he is their grave,
And gives them what he will, not what they crave.

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The play's the thing
Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.

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Thus have I had thee, as a dream doth flatter,
In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter.

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What infinite heart's ease Must kings neglect that private men enjoy! And what have kings that privates have not too, Save ceremony, save general ceremony? And what art thou, thou idol ceremony? What kind of god art thou, that suffer'st more Of mortal griefs than do thy worshippers? What are thy rents? what are thy comings-in? O ceremony! show me but thy worth.

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