The Taming of the Shrew

By William Shakespeare QUOTATION: My books and instruments shall be my company,
On them to look and practise by myself.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Bianca, in The Taming of the Shrew, act 1, sc. 1, l. 82-3.

QUOTATION: No profit grows where is no pleasure ta’en.
In brief, sir, study what you most affect.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Tranio, in The Taming of the Shrew, act 1, sc. 1, l. 39-40.

QUOTATION: Of all the men alive
I never yet beheld that special face
Which I could fancy more than any other.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Bianca, in The Taming of the Shrew, act 2, sc. 1, l. 10-12.

QUOTATION: Crowns in my purse I have, and goods at home,
And so am come abroad to see the world.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Petruchio, in The Taming of the Shrew, act 1, sc. 2, l. 57-8.

QUOTATION: We will have rings and things, and fine array,
And kiss me, Kate, we will be married o’ Sunday.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Petruchio, in The Taming of the Shrew, act 2, sc. 1, l. 323-4.

QUOTATION: Katherina. Where did you study all this goodly speech?
Petruchio. It is extempore, from my mother-wit.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Katherina and Petruchio, in The Taming of the Shrew, act 2, sc. 1, l. 262-3.

QUOTATION: Come, madam wife, sit by my side
And let the world slip. We shall ne’er be younger.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Sly, in The Taming of the Shrew, Induction, sc. 2, l. 142-4.

QUOTATION: While I play the good husband at home, my son and his servant spend all at the university.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Vincentio, in The Taming of the Shrew, act 5, sc. 1, l. 68-70.

QUOTATION: He took the bride about the neck
And kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack
That at the parting all the church did echo.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Gremio, in The Taming of the Shrew, act 3, sc. 3, l. 50-52.

QUOTATION: O slanderous world! Kate like the hazel twig
Is straight and slender, and as brown in hue
As hazelnuts, and sweeter than the kernels.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Petruchio, in The Taming of the Shrew, act 2, sc. 1, l. 253-5.

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