Quotes from King Henry VI, Part 3
15 notable lines from William Shakespeare · c. 1591
O tiger's heart wrapp'd in a woman's hide!
O, tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!
York, to Queen Margaret, Act I, scene iv Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, And cry 'Content' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears,
Richard of Gloucester (the future Richard III), Act III, scene ii I have no brother, I am like no brother; And this word 'love,' which graybeards call divine, Be resident in men like one another, And not in me: I am myself alone.
Richard of Gloucester, Act V, scene vi I can add colours to the chameleon, change shapes with Proteus for advantages, and set the murderous Machiavel to school.
Richard, Henry VI, Part 3 Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Richard of Gloucester, Act V, scene vi The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on, And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
Clifford, Act II, scene ii O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now,
King Henry VI, on the battlefield at Towton, Act II, scene v Fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.
Richard of Gloucester, Act IV, scene vii Having nothing, nothing can he lose.
William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3 To weep is to make less the depth of grief: Tears, then, for babes; blows and revenge for me!
Richard of Gloucester, on the death of his father, Act II, scene i And, father, do but think How sweet a thing it is to wear a crown, Within whose circuit is Elysium And all that poets feign of bliss and joy.
Richard of Gloucester, urging York, Act I, scene ii Off with his head, and set it on York gates; So York may overlook the town of York.
Queen Margaret, ordering York's execution, Act I, scene iv Yet hasty marriage seldom proveth well.
Richard of Gloucester, Act IV, scene i Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, For wise men say it is the wisest course.
King Henry VI, Act III, scene i