William Shakespeare Quotes About Cats

• Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,' Like the poor cat i' the adage?

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Cat, Waiting

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 35

• The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.

  William Shakespeare

  Dog, Cat, Animal

  1600-1 Hamlet to Laertes. Hamlet, act 5, sc.1, l.288-9.

• What though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Cat, Care

  'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 5, sc. 1, l. [135]

• Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou ow'st the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Here's three on's are sophisticated. Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no more than such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Cat, Animal

  William Shakespeare (2005). “The Tragedy of King Lear”, p.189, Cambridge University Press

• I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream.

  William Shakespeare

  Cat, Animal, Humanity

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 4, sc. 2, l. [64]

• Some men there are love not a gaping pig, some that are mad if they behold a cat, and others when the bagpipe sings I the nose cannot contain their urine.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Cat, Men

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. 47

• A harmless necessary cat.

  William Shakespeare

  Cat

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. 53

• Drown thyself? Drown cats and blind puppies.

  William Shakespeare

  Cat, Puppy, Blind

  William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.946

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