The Winter's Tale

By

William Shakespeare

QUOTATION: I do believe thee;
I saw his heart in’s face.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Polixenes, in The Winter’s Tale, act 1, sc. 2, l. 446-7.

QUOTATION: Pale primroses,
That die unmarried ere they can behold
Bright Phoebus in his strength.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Perdita, in The Winter’s Tale, act 4, sc. 4, l. 122-4.

QUOTATION: Should all despair
That have revolted wives, the tenth of mankind
Would hang themselves.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Leontes, in The Winter’s Tale, act 1, sc. 2, l. 198-200.

QUOTATION: Thou dost advise me
Even so as I mine own course have set down.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Leontes, in The Winter’s Tale, act 1, sc. 2, l. 339-40.

QUOTATION: Do as the heavens have done, forget your evil;
With them, forgive yourself.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Cleomenes, in The Winter’s Tale, act 5, sc. 1, l. 5-6.

QUOTATION: What a fool Honesty is! and Trust, his sworn brother, a very simple gentleman!
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Autolycus, in The Winter’s Tale, act 4, sc. 4, l. 595-6.

QUOTATION: I am sure ‘tis safer to
Avoid what’s grown than question how ‘tis born.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Camillo, in The Winter’s Tale, act 1, sc. 2, l. 432-3.

QUOTATION: Methinks a father
Is at the nuptial of his son a guest
That best becomes the table.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Polixenes, in The Winter’s Tale, act 4, sc. 4, l. 394-6.

QUOTATION: He has his health, and ampler strength indeed
Than most have of his age.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Florizel, in The Winter’s Tale, act 4, sc. 4, l. 403-4.

QUOTATION: I have heard, but not believed, the spirits o’the dead
May walk again.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Antigonus, in The Winter’s Tale, act 3, sc. 3, l. 16-17.

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