William Shakespeare Quotes About Terror

• We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.

  William Shakespeare

  Law, Bird, Shapes

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 2, sc. 1, l. 1

• There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind

  William Shakespeare

  Strong, Honesty, Wind

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 66

• By the apostle Paul, shadows tonight Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers.

  William Shakespeare

  Soul, Soldier, Shadow

  'Richard III' (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 217

• We make trifles of terrors,
  Ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge,
  When we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.

  William Shakespeare

  Should, Terror, Trifles

  1604-5 Lafeu. All'sWellThat EndsWell, act 2, sc.3, l.1-6.

• It is the cowish terror of his spirit that dares not undertake; he'll not feel wrongs which tie him to an answer.

  William Shakespeare

  Ties, Answers, Spirit

  William Shakespeare, Barry Cornwall, John Ogden, Richard H. Horne (1843). “The Works of Shakespere”, p.356

• I that please some, try all, both joy and terror
  Of good and bad, that makes and unfolds error.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Errors, Joy

  William Shakespeare, John Pitcher (2010). “The Winter's Tale: Third Series”, p.244, A&C Black

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