William Shakespeare Quotes About Power

• Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.

  William Shakespeare

  Halloween, Power, Madness

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

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

  William Shakespeare

  Retirement, Power, Giving

  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

  William Shakespeare

  Mean, Power, Venice

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

• The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Power, Devil

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

• O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.

  William Shakespeare

  Peace, Power, Strenght

  "Measure for Measure".

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

  William Shakespeare

  Power, Greatness, Abuse

  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.

  William Shakespeare

  Hurt, Power, Half

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

• Greatness knows itself.

  William Shakespeare

  Power, Greatness, Honor

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

• 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

  Power, Age, Politics

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

• The eagle suffers little birds to sing.

  William Shakespeare

  Power, Eagles, Bird

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

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