William Shakespeare Quotes about Fashion
1598 Beatrice, of Benedick. Much AdoAbout Nothing, act1, sc.1, l.71-3.
The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.
William Shakespeare (2012). “Much Ado About Nothing”, p.3, Courier Corporation
Lechery, lechery; still, wars and lechery: nothing else holds fashion.
'Troilus And Cressida' (1602) act 5, sc. 2, l. 192
William Shakespeare (1871). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Copious Glossarial Notes and a Biographical Notice”, p.623
1598 Borachio to Conrad. Much Ado About Nothing, act 3, sc.3, l.126-9.
I must to the barber's, monsieur, for methinks I am marvellous hairy about the face.
1595 Bottom. A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 4, sc.1, l.23-6.
William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.366, Wordsworth Editions
Old fashions please me best; I am not so nice To change true rules for odd inventions.
1593 Bianca to Hortensio.TheTaming of the Shrew, act 3, sc.1, l.78-9.
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58
William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier (1858). “Much ado about nothing. Love's labour's lost. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming of the shrew. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night”, p.71
William Shakespeare (2001). “Hamlet”, p.169, Classic Books Company
A man in all the world's new fashion planted, That hath a mint of phrases in his brain.
1594-5 King, of Armado. Love's Labour's Lost, act1, sc.1, l.162-5.
But men may construe things after their fashion, Clean from the purpose of the things themselves.
Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities Harold Bloom, William Shakespeare (2009). “William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar”, p.132, Infobase Publishing
William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.147, BookCaps Study Guides
William Shakespeare, James R. Siemon (2009). “King Richard III: Third Series”, p.168, A&C Black
Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit; All with me's meet that I can fashion fit.
William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen (2009). “King Lear”, p.43, Palgrave Macmillan
New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous (Nay, let em be unmanly), yet are followed.
William Shakespeare, John Margeson (1990). “King Henry VIII”, p.85, Cambridge University Press
'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 3, l. 56
William Shakespeare (1803). “The plays of William Shakespeare”, p.361
