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William Shakespeare Quotes about Power

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Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.

Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.

William Shakespeare (1996). “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Facing-pages Translation Into Contemporary English”, p.4, Lorenz Educational Publishers

The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape.

William Shakespeare (2001). “Hamlet”, p.199, Classic Books Company

Greatness knows itself.

'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 4, sc. 3, l. 74

Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a sceptre to control the world.

William Shakespeare (1853). “The works of William Shakespeare: comprising his dramatic and poetical works, complete”, p.784

You take my life when you do take the means whereby I live

'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. [375]

Th abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.

William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.34

Thou hast not half that power to do me harm As I have to be hurt.

1603-4 Emilia to Othello. Othello, act 5, sc.2, l.169-71.

The eagle suffers little birds to sing.

1592 Tamora to Saturninus.Titus Andronicus, act 4, sc.4, l.83-6.

I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged tyranny, who sways, not as it hath power, but as it is suffered.

William Shakespeare, Jay L. Halio (1992). “The Tragedy of King Lear”, p.114, Cambridge University Press