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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Discontent: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

What's more miserable than discontent?— H.VI. PT. II. iii. 1. -
Happiness courts thee in her best array; But like a misbehav'd and sullen wench, Thou pout'st upon thy fortune and thy love: Take heed, take heed, for such die miserable.— R. J. iii. 3.
With what a majesty he bears himself; How insolent of late he is become, How proud, peremptory, and unlike himself!— H.VI. PT. II. iii. 1.

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And the pretence for this Is nam'd, your wars in France: this makes bold mouths; Tongues spit their duties out, and cold hearts freeze Allegiance in them; their curses now, Live where their prayers did; and it's come to pass, That tractable obedience is a slave To each incensed will.— H. VIII. i. 2.
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