Shakespeare Quotes About Family

    16 quotes across 6 plays.

    Like a great sea-mark, standing every flaw, And saving those that eye thee!

    Volumnia·Coriolanus·Act 5, Scene 3

    Like a dull actor now, I have forgot my part, and I am out, Even to a full disgrace.

    Coriolanus·Coriolanus·Act 5, Scene 3

    O, a kiss Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!

    Coriolanus·Coriolanus·Act 5, Scene 3

    Some falls are means the happier to arise.

    Lucius·Cymbeline·Act 4, Scene 2

    Triumphs for nothing and lamenting toys Is jollity for apes and grief for boys.

    Belarius·Cymbeline·Act 4, Scene 2

    Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.

    Guiderius·Cymbeline·Act 4, Scene 2

    The smallest worm will turn being trodden on.

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

    My crown is in my heart, not on my head; Not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen: my crown is called content: A crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.

    Never, never, never, never, never!

    King Lear·King Lear·Act 5, Scene 3

    You do me wrong to take me out o' the grave:

    King Lear·King Lear·Act 4, Scene 7

    Upon such sacrifices, my Cordelia,

    King Lear·King Lear·Act 5, Scene 3

    What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word / As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.

    Tybalt·Romeo and Juliet·Act 1, Scene 1

    A plague on both your houses!

    Mercutio·Romeo and Juliet·Act 3, Scene 1

    I to the world am like a drop of water That in the ocean seeks another drop, Who, falling there to find his fellow forth, Unseen, inquisitive, confounds himself.

    O, grief hath changed me since you saw me last, And careful hours with time's deformed hand Have written strange defeatures in my face.

    Aegeon·The Comedy of Errors·Act 5, Scene 1

    We came into the world like brother and brother; And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another.