Shakespeare quotes on monster

I had rather have one scratch my head i' th' sun When the alarum were struck than idly sit To hear my nothings monster'd
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS

Or if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool; for wise men know well enough

His Highness having liv'd so long with her, and she So good a lady that no tongue could ever Pronounce dishonour of her-by my life, She never knew harm-doing-O, now, after So many courses of the sun enthroned, Still growing in a majesty and pomp, the which To leave a thousand-fold more bitter than 'Tis sweet at first t' acquire-after this process, To give her the avaunt, it is a pity Would move a monster
Source: KING HENRY THE EIGHTH

Saint George, that swing'd the dragon, and e'er since Sits on's horse back at mine hostess' door, Teach us some fence! [To AUSTRIA] Sirrah, were I at home, At your den, sirrah, with your lioness, I would set an ox-head to your lion's hide, And make a monster of you
Source: KING JOHN

No, I defy all counsel, all redress, But that which ends all counsel, true redress- Death, death; O amiable lovely death! Thou odoriferous stench! sound rottenness! Arise forth from the couch of lasting night, Thou hate and terror to prosperity, And I will kiss thy detestable bones, And put my eyeballs in thy vaulty brows, And ring these fingers with thy household worms, And stop this gap of breath with fulsome dust, And be a carrion monster like thyself
Source: KING JOHN

If she live long, And in the end meet the old course of death, Women will all turn monsters
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR

Could my good brother suffer you to do it? A man, a prince, by him so benefited! If that the heavens do not their visible spirits Send quickly down to tame these vile offences, It will come, Humanity must perforce prey on itself, Like monsters of the deep
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR

Now he goes, With no less presence, but with much more love, Than young Alcides when he did redeem The virgin tribute paid by howling

No, no, I am as ugly as a bear, For beasts that meet me run away for fear; Therefore no marvel though Demetrius Do, as a monster, fly my presence thus
Source: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Whiles I in this affair do thee employ, I'll to my queen, and beg her Indian boy; And then I will her charmed eye release From monster's view, and all things shall be peace
Source: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

By this light, a most perfidious and drunken monster! When's god's asleep he'll rob his bottle
Source: THE TEMPEST

Where should they be set else? He were a brave monster indeed, if they were set in his tail
Source: THE TEMPEST

O, let my lady apprehend no fear! In all Cupid's pageant there is presented no monster
Source: THE HISTORY OF TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-siz'd monster of ingratitudes
Source: THE HISTORY OF TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

I said 'Good morrow, Ajax'; and he replies 'Thanks, Agamemnon.' What think you of this man that takes me for the general? He's grown a very land fish, languageless, a monster
Source: THE HISTORY OF TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

If that shepherd be not in hand-fast, let him fly; the curses he shall have, the tortures he shall feel, will break the back of man, the heart of monster
Source: THE WINTER'S TALE

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