A Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations

Every human feeling, answered by Shakespeare: an 1892 dictionary that files the Bard's best lines under the passions they express — from Ambition to Woe.

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Blushes: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

The heart's meteors tilting in the face. Now, if you can blush, and cry guilty, cardinal, You'll show a little honesty.— H. VIII. iii. 2
And bid the cheek be ready with a blush, Modest as morning when she coldly eyes The youthful Phœbus.— T.C. i. 3.
Come, quench your blushes; and present yourself that which you are, the mistress of the feast.— W.T. iv. 3.
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