William Shakespeare Quotes About Horses

• He doth nothing but talk of his horses.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Equestrian, Medieval War

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 2, l. [43]

• O for a horse with wings!

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Wings

  'Cymbeline' (1609-10) act 3, sc. 2, l. [49]

• When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Air, Musical

  William Shakespeare (1998). “Henry V”, p.197, Oxford University Press, USA

• As full of spirit as the month of May, and as gorgeous as the sun in Midsummer.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, May, Months

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1806). “The plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators”, p.298

• His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage. He is indeed a horse.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Bidding, Countenance

  William Shakespeare (2013). “The Wars of the Roses In Plain and Simple English: Includes Henry VI Parts 1 - 3 & Richard III, Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V”, p.1739, BookCaps Study Guides

• A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Memorable, Animal

  'Richard III' (1591) act 5, sc. 4, l. 7

• He's of the colour of the nutmeg. And of the heat of the ginger.... he is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him, but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts him; he is indeed a horse, and all other jades you may call beasts.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Fire, Air

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Second Tetralogy In Plain and Simple English: Includes Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V”, p.757, BookCaps Study Guides

• He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Use, Fool

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 5, sc. 4, l. [112]

• And my poor fool is hanged! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, Never, Never, Never, Never! Pray you, undo this button.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Dog, Horse

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 5, sc. 3, l. [307]

• I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Wish, Tongue

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Much Ado About Nothing Simplified!: Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling”, p.80, BookCaps Study Guides

• An two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Men, Two

  1598 Dogberry toVerges. Much AdoAbout Nothing, act 3, sc.5, l.35-6.

• Ever note, Lucilius, When love begins to sicken and decay It useth an enforced ceremony. There are no tricks in plain and simple faith; But hollow men, like horses hot at hand, Make gallant show and promise of their mettle; But when they should endure the bloody spur, They fall their crests, and like deceitful jades Sink in the trial.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Fall, Simple

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Julius Caesar! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.173, BookCaps Study Guides

• That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimms, and makes it indistinct As water is in water

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Water, Racks

  'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 4, sc. 12, l. 9

• My purpose is, indeed, a horse of that color.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Color, Purpose

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 3, l. [184]

• Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on his back.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Should Have, Looks

  'Venus And Adonis' (1593) l. 295

• ...Vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Angel, Clouds

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 4, sc. 1, l. 104

• Well could he ride, and often men would say, "That horse his mettle from his rider takes: Proud of subjection, noble by the sway, What rounds, what bounds, what course, what stop he makes!" And controversy hence a question takes, Whether the horse by him became his deed, Or he his manage by the well-doing steed.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Men, Noble

  William Shakespeare (2006). “The Poems: Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, The Passionate Pilgrim, A Lover's Complaint”, p.278, Cambridge University Press

• Stay, my lord, And let your reason with your choler question What 'tis you go about: to climb steep hills Requires slow pace at first: anger is like A full-hot horse, who being allow'd his way, Self-mettle tires him. Not a man in England Can advise me like you: be to yourself As you would to your friend.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Horse, Men

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.1715, BookCaps Study Guides

• I will be master of what is mine own:
  She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house,
  My household stuff, my field, my barn,
  My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing.

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Horse, House

  Cross, William Shakespeare (1989). “William Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.346, Barnes & Noble Publishing

• You dull ass will not mend his pace with beating.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Pace, Dull

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 1, l. [61]

• I am such a tender ass, if my hair do but tickle me, I must scratch.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Hair, Scratches

  1595 Bottom. A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 4, sc.1, l.23-6.

• Is he on his horse? O happy horse, to bear the weight of Antony!

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Weight, Bears

  William Shakespeare, Richard Madelaine (1998). “Antony and Cleopatra”, p.168, Cambridge University Press

• Don Pedro - (...)'In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke.' Benedick - The savage bull may, but if ever the sensible Benedick bear it, pluck off the bull's horns and set them in my forehead, and let me be vildly painted; and in such great letters as they writes, 'Here is good horse for hire', let them signify under my sign, 'Here you may see Benedick the married man.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Writing, Men

• Hal, if I tell thee a lie, spit in my face, call me horse.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Lying, Faces

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 2, sc. 4, l. [214]

• Contention, like a horse,
  Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose,
  And bears down all before him.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Bears, Broke

  William Shakespeare, William Dodd (1842). “The Beauties of Shakspeare: Regularly Selected from Each Play : with a General Index Digesting Them Under Proper Heads”, p.123

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