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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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‘King Lear’ (1605-6) act 1, sc. 4, l. [132]<br />

Lear: Dost thou call me fool, boy?<br />

Fool: All thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with.<br />

‘King Lear’ (1605-6) act 1, sc. 4, l. [163]<br />

Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend,<br />

More hideous, when thou show’st thee in a child,<br />

Than the sea-monster.<br />

‘King Lear’ (1605-6) act 1, sc. 4, l. [283]<br />

How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is<br />

To have a thankless child!<br />

‘King Lear’ (1605-6) act 1, sc. 4, l. [312]<br />

O! let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven;<br />

Keep me in temper; I would not be mad!<br />

‘King Lear’ (1605-6) act 1, sc. 5, l. [51]<br />

Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter!<br />

‘King Lear’ (1605-6) act 2, sc. 2, l. [68]<br />

Goose, if I had you upon Sarum plain,<br />

I’d drive ye cackling home to Camelot.<br />

‘King Lear’ (1605-6) act 2, sc. 2, l. [88]<br />

Down, thou climbing sorrow!<br />

Thy element’s below.<br />

‘King Lear’ (1605-6) act 2, sc. 4, l. [57]<br />

O, sir! you are old;<br />

Nature in you stands on the very verge<br />

Of her confine.<br />

‘King Lear’ (1605-6) act 2, sc. 4, l. [148]<br />

You see me here, you gods, a poor old man,<br />

As full <strong>of</strong> grief as age; wretched in both!<br />

‘King Lear’ (1605-6) act 2, sc. 4, l. [275]<br />

Touch me with noble anger,<br />

And let not women’s weapons, water-drops,<br />

Stain my man’s cheeks! No, you unnatural hags,<br />

I will have such revenges on you both<br />

That all the world shall—I will do such things,—<br />

What they are yet I know not,—but they shall be<br />

<strong>The</strong> terrors <strong>of</strong> the earth. You think I’ll weep;<br />

No, I’ll not weep:<br />

I have full cause <strong>of</strong> weeping, but this heart<br />

Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws<br />

Or ere I’ll weep. O fool! I shall go mad.

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