William Shakespeare Quotes about Earth
This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory.
'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [316]
For naught so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give.
1595 Friar Laurence. Romeo andJuliet, act 2, sc.2, l.15-18.
William Shakespeare (1843). “The first sketches of the second and third parts of King Henry the Sixth”, p.84
Nature, as it grows again toward earth, is fashioned for the journey, dull and heavy.
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson (écrivain) (1801). “The Plays of William Shakspeare”, p.71
Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 2, l. 256
'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' (1592-3) act 4, sc. 2, l. 40
William Shakespeare (2000). “Macbeth”, p.158, Penguin
William Shakespeare (1853). “Romeo and Juliet ...”, p.56
'The Tempest' (1611) act 5, sc. 1, l. 50
Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? And, live we how we can, yet die we must.
'Henry VI, Part 3' (1592) act 5, sc. 2, l. 23
O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 254
William Shakespeare (2000). “Henry VI”, p.174, Penguin
1595 York. Richard II, act 2, sc.2, l.78-9.
Can I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out.
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.811
