Lady Macbeth Quotes

• A little water clears us of this deed.

  William Shakespeare

  Water, Deeds, Littles

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 2, l. 68

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• I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more, is none

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Peace, Men

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 46

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• Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it.

  William Shakespeare

  Flower, Advice, Toil

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 5, l. [63]

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• Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness.

  William Shakespeare

  Kindness, Play, Milk

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 5, l. [16]

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• My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Hands, Color

  William Shakespeare (2005). “The Tragedy of Macbeth”, p.30, 1st World Publishing

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• False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Heart, Deception

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 82

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• Out, damned spot! Out, I say!

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Hands, Play

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 1, l. [38]

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• Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Men, Neutrality

  William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.867, Wordsworth Editions

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• Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil.

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Childhood, Anxiety

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 2, l. 52

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• If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Crowns, May

  The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Macbeth Act I, Scene 3, l. 143

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• All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand! Oh, oh, oh!

  William Shakespeare

  Hands, Guilt, Arabia

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 1, l. [55]

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• We fail!
  But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
  And we'll not fail.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Encouraging, Courage

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 54

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• Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• Your face is a book, where men may read strange matters.

  William Shakespeare

  Book, Memorable, Men

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• Things without all remedy should be without regard: what's done is done.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Time, Past

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 2, l. 11

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• Or art thou but / A dagger of the mind, a false creation, / Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Brain, Mind

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 1, l. 33

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• I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er.

  William Shakespeare

  Blood, Guilt, Wade

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 4, l. 136

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• Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? - Lady Macbeth

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Blood, Hands

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 1, l. [38]

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• It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Death, Play

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Futility Of Life, Pace

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead are but as pictures: ‘tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil

  William Shakespeare

  Sleep, Eye, Giving

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 2, l. 52

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• Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters. To beguile the time, Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under't.

  William Shakespeare

  Flower, Book, Eye

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 5, l. [63]

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• That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold; What hath quenched them hath given me fire.

  William Shakespeare

  Fire, Drunk, Made

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 2, l. 1

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• Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow.

  William Shakespeare

  Futility Of Life, Play, Life And Death

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Hands, Apparitions

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Macbeth Thrift Study Edition”, p.56, Courier Corporation

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