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Hast thou a favourite quote by the bard Shakespeare?

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KatGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 05-Mar-14 12:59:10

In the lead up to Shakespeare Week (17th – 23rd March 2014), we want to know the whence and wherefores of your favourite Shakespeare quotes #lamesorry

Post your quote below to be entered into a prize draw to win one of three Usborne collections of six of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays, beautifully presented in a clothbound gift edition. The collection includes Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest as well as a short biography of the bard himself, all beautifully retold and illustrated for children.

Hast thou or hast thou not a quote, that is the question. Prithee, tell us ere 12 March! #alsoabitlame

georgiakeogh Tue 11-Mar-14 22:39:29

If music be the food of love- play on!

I'm not actually sure which play it's from- but it's a quote I practically live by!

ak1065 Tue 11-Mar-14 22:25:16

'The course of true love never did run smooth'

A Midsummer Night' Dream

Teresa1963 Tue 11-Mar-14 21:51:36

Be not afraid of greatness, some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them

from tweflth night

Galen Tue 11-Mar-14 21:46:28

I'm in a blue mood in case in you wondered.
A poor player, who struts his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more.
It is a tale told by an idiot.
Full of sound and fury
Signifying
Nothing

Galen Tue 11-Mar-14 21:44:16

Out out brief candle
Life's but a walking shadow!

akas Tue 11-Mar-14 21:37:23

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

tazzymk Tue 11-Mar-14 21:37:09

Oh how often I think this when people resort to swearing during an argument.

"I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed!"

Galen Tue 11-Mar-14 21:29:37

Drink is a provocateur, it provokes the desire. But takes away the performance!
Gentlemen take note! The porter in Macbeth knew a thing or too!

GrooveHeart Tue 11-Mar-14 21:10:05

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool

broadbent1 Tue 11-Mar-14 20:59:30

A Horse, a horse, My Kingdom for a Horse!

gingerpumpkin Tue 11-Mar-14 20:38:22

to be or not to be

kitkat68 Tue 11-Mar-14 20:37:28

Alas poor Yorik I knew him well!!

Galen Tue 11-Mar-14 20:06:47

I've already quoted part of that!

CamCam12 Tue 11-Mar-14 19:41:05

The end of The Seven Of Ages man speech:

"Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything."

zeenie Tue 11-Mar-14 19:37:04

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.

rsteele7623 Tue 11-Mar-14 19:10:07

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.

Wonderful wonderful beginning to Richard III

NelAllan Tue 11-Mar-14 19:01:20

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

donnazz Tue 11-Mar-14 18:50:31

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

krnries Tue 11-Mar-14 18:34:46

The course of true love never did run smooth

Ain't that the truth!

annodomini Tue 11-Mar-14 18:23:00

Allow not nature more than nature needs,
Man's life is cheap as beast's

(King Lear)

Nickyh1 Tue 11-Mar-14 17:57:36

The course of true love never did run smooth'

padleys Tue 11-Mar-14 17:43:30

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another ( Hamlet)

Janeg88 Tue 11-Mar-14 16:38:17

.My salad days, / When I was green in judgment, cold in blood...

greig23 Tue 11-Mar-14 16:21:41

Shall I compare thee to summers day?

mvharbut Tue 11-Mar-14 15:55:53

Without a doubt my favourite quote from Shakespeare is -
"Let the fringed curtains of your eyes advance And say what thou seest yond…'