Shakespeare Quotes About Corruption

    15 quotes across 5 plays.

    Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

    Marcellus·Hamlet·Act 1, Scene 4

    One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.

    Hamlet·Hamlet·Act 1, Scene 5

    My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: / Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

    Claudius·Hamlet·Act 3, Scene 3

    What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted! Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though locked up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.

    King Henry VI·Henry VI, Part 2·Act 3, Scene 2

    Could I come near your beauty with my nails, I'd set my ten commandments in your face.

    Duchess of Gloucester·Henry VI, Part 2·Act 1, Scene 3

    Thus sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter

    Gloucester·Henry VI, Part 2·Act 2, Scene 4

    The tempter or the tempted, who sins most? Ha! Not she: nor doth she tempt:

    Angelo·Measure for Measure·Act 2, Scene 2

    Most dangerous Is that temptation that doth goad us on To sin in loving virtue.

    Angelo·Measure for Measure·Act 2, Scene 2

    O, what may man within him hide, Though angel on the outward side!

    Duke Vincentio·Measure for Measure·Act 3, Scene 2

    Great king, Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

    Pericles·Pericles, Prince of Tyre·Act 1, Scene 1

    Murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke.

    Pericles·Pericles, Prince of Tyre·Act 1, Scene 1

    Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.

    Pericles·Pericles, Prince of Tyre·Act 1, Scene 4

    Gold? yellow, glittering, precious gold? No, gods, I am no idle votarist:

    Timon·Timon of Athens·Act 4, Scene 3

    Thou visible god, That solder'st close impossibilities, And makest them kiss!

    Timon·Timon of Athens·Act 4, Scene 3

    The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea:

    Timon·Timon of Athens·Act 4, Scene 3
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