William Shakespeare Quotes about Drinking

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I would give all of my fame for a pot of ale and safety.

I would give all of my fame for a pot of ale and safety.

William Shakespeare

Drinking, Beer, Safety

'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [13]

For a quart of ale is a dish for a king.

William Shakespeare

Kings, Drinking, Beer

'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 4, sc. 2, l. 1

Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?

William Shakespeare

Art, Drinking, Food

'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 3, l. [124]

Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things . . . nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.

William Shakespeare

Drinking, Sleep, Alcohol

'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 3, l. [28]

it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance

William Shakespeare

Drinking, Alcohol, Desire

'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 3, l. [28]

A good sherris-sack hath a twofold operation in it. It ascends me into the brain,... makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble, fiery, and delectable shapes.

William Shakespeare

Drinking, Wine, Imagination

'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 4, sc. 3, l. [103]

I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking; so full of valor that they smote the air, for breathing in their faces, beat the ground for kissing of their feet.

William Shakespeare

Drinking, Kissing, Air

William Shakespeare (1998). “The Tempest”, p.130, Penguin

If little faults proceeding on distemper Shall not be winked at, how shall we stretch our eye When capital crimes, chewed, swallowed, and digested, Appear before us?

William Shakespeare

Forgiveness, Drinking, Eye

William Shakespeare, Andrew Gurr (2005). “King Henry V”, p.108, Cambridge University Press