Quotes from Richard II
14 notable lines from William Shakespeare · c. 1595
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea... This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court.
King Richard, Act III, Scene 2 For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings.
Richard, Richard II Not all the water in the rough rude sea can wash the balm off from an anointed king.
Richard, Richard II I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
Richard, Richard II Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.
King Richard, Act III, Scene 2 Eating the bitter bread of banishment.
Henry Bolingbroke, Act III, Scene 1 You may my glories and my state depose, But not my griefs; still am I king of those.
King Richard, Act IV, Scene 1 Down, down I come, like glistering Phaethon, Wanting the manage of unruly jades.
King Richard, Act III, Scene 3 His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last, For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
John of Gaunt, Act II, Scene 1 Gaunt am I for the grave, gaunt as a grave, Whose hollow womb inherits nought but bones.
John of Gaunt, Act II, Scene 1 How sour sweet music is, When time is broke and no proportion kept!
King Richard, Act V, Scene 5 The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he; His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
King Richard, Act II, Scene 1 Truth hath a quiet breast.
Mowbray, Act I, Scene 3