Shakespeare in Brief
March 21, 2013 3:07 PM   Subscribe

What are your favorite Shakespeare fragments that are evocative and interesting, relatively brief (a sentence or a few lines), and relatively obscure or at least not his most well-known quotations?

One great example would be this, from Coriolanus: "Anger's my meat; I sup upon myself, and so shall starve with feeding."
posted by kalapierson to Writing & Language (3 answers total)

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Let my disclaiming from a purposed evil
Free me so far in your most generous thoughts
That I have shot mine arrow o'er the house
And hurt my brother.
-Hamlet, Act 5, scene 2

This is Hamlet apologizing to Laertes. I just always loved this image as a metaphor for wronging someone accidentally.
posted by drjimmy11 at 3:23 PM on March 21, 2013


Oh, my favorite!

Beatrice, when Don Pedro proposes marriage:

No, my lord, unless I might have another for
working-days: your grace is too costly to wear
every day. But, I beseech your grace, pardon me: I
was born to speak all mirth and no matter.

- Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2, Scene 1
posted by xingcat at 3:27 PM on March 21, 2013


Lucio:
Our doubts are our traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt.

Measure for Measure Act 1 Scene 4
posted by Ideefixe at 3:32 PM on March 21, 2013 [2 favorites]


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