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Shakespeare quotes on the law

If I put any tricks upon 'em, sir, they shall be jades' tricks, which are their own right by the law of nature
Source: ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL

May one be pardon'd and retain th' offence? In the corrupted currents of this world

Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 'tis not so above
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK

Faith, I have been a truant in the law And never yet could frame my will to it; And therefore frame the law unto my will
Source: THE FIRST PART OF HENRY THE SIXTH

Thy cruelty in execution Upon offenders hath exceeded law, And left thee to the mercy of the law
Source: THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH

Came to the bar; where to his accusations He pleaded still not guilty, and alleged Many sharp reasons to defeat the law
Source: KING HENRY THE EIGHTH

I have this day receiv'd a traitor's judgment, And by that name must die; yet, heaven bear witness, And if I have a conscience, let it sink me Even as the axe falls, if I be not faithful! The law I bear no malice for my death
Source: KING HENRY THE EIGHTH

These couchings and these lowly courtesies Might fire the blood of ordinary men And turn preordinance and first decree Into the law of children
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR

Let copulation thrive; for Gloucester's bastard son Was kinder to his father than my daughters Got 'tween the lawful sheets
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR

Let but your honour know, Whom I believe to be most strait in virtue, That, in the working of your own affections, Had time coher'd with place, or place with wishing, Or that the resolute acting of our blood Could have attain'd th' effect of your own purpose Whether you had not sometime in your life Err'd in this point which now you censure him, And pull'd the law upon you
Source: MEASURE FOR MEASURE

I am now going to resolve him; I had rather my brother die by the law than my son should be unlawfully born
Source: MEASURE FOR MEASURE

Claudio,

whom here you have warrant to execute, is no greater forfeit to the law than Angelo who hath sentenc'd him
Source: MEASURE FOR MEASURE

If they did kill thy husband, then be joyful, Because the law hath ta'en revenge on them
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF TITUS ANDRONICUS

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