Romeo And Juliet Romeo Quotes:

Look, what envious streaks do lace the severing clouds in yonder east! Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tip-toe on the misty mountain-tops.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.92, Wordsworth Editions

topic: Night, Clouds, Mountain, Misty Mountains, Burnt Out

You have dancing shoes with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (2001). “The Merchant of Venice”, p.205, Classic Books Company

topic: Shoes, Dancing, Soul, Romeo And Juliet Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Key

It is my soul that calls upon my name; How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night, like softest music to attending ears! -Romeo

- William Shakespeare

source: 'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 158

topic: Sweet, Night, Names, Romantic Romeo And Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Love

How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath To say to me that thou art out of breath?

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.816

topic: Art, Juliet, Breaths, Romeo And Juliet Romeo, Romeo Juliet

Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Nicholas Rowe, Samuel Johnson (1824). “The Plays”, p.37

topic: Lying, Sleep, Eye, Never Sleep, Romeo And Juliet Romeo

He that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.68, Classic Books Company

topic: Juliet, Sail, Courses, Romeo And Juliet Romeo, Romeo Juliet

Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning; One pain is less'ned by another's anguish; Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning; One desperate grief cures with another's languish.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (2009). “CliffsComplete Romeo and Juliet”, p.41, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

topic: Pain, Grief, Men, Giddy, Burn Out

O teach me how I should forget to think (1.1.224)

- William Shakespeare

topic: Thinking, Forget, Romeo Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Romeo

Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Sweet, Lying, Eye, Romeo And Juliet Romeo

O, here Will I set up my everlasting rest And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From the world-wearied flesh

- William Shakespeare

source: 'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 5, sc. 3, l. 102

topic: Stars, Yoke, World, New Moon, Romeo And Juliet Juliet

I must be gone and live, or stay and die.

- William Shakespeare

source: 1595 Romeo to Juliet. Romeo andJuliet, act 3, sc.5, l.9-11.

topic: Gone, Juliet, Dies, Romeo And Juliet Romeo, Romeo Juliet

Is there no pity sitting in the clouds, That sees into the bottom of my grief?

- William Shakespeare

topic: Grief, Grieving, Clouds, Tybalt, Bridal

The weakest goes to the wall.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (2012). “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, p.4, Hackett Publishing

topic: Wall, Weakness, Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Romeo

Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast! Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest.

- William Shakespeare

source: 'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 176

topic: Sweet, Sleep, Eye, Romeo And Juliet Romeo

Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (1871). “A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. 1871”, p.81

topic: Prayer, Saint, Use, Romeo And Juliet Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Romeo

For naught so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give.

- William Shakespeare

source: 1595 Friar Laurence. Romeo andJuliet, act 2, sc.2, l.15-18.

topic: Giving, Special, Earth, Friars, Romeo And Juliet Important

Death lies on her like an untimely frost.

- William Shakespeare

source: 'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 4, sc. 5, l. 25

topic: Death, Lying, Frost, Untimely Death, Romeo And Juliet Juliet

Love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.149, Classic Books Company

topic: Love, Long, Tardiness, Long Love, Lasting Love

True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who woos Even now the frozen bosom of the north, And, being anger'd, puffs away from thence, Turning his side to the dew-dropping south.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1828). “The dramatic works of William Shakespeare”, p.392

topic: Dream, Children, Air, Romeo And Juliet Love, Romeo And Juliet Play

I'll look to like; if looking, liking move.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (1853). “Romeo and Juliet ...”, p.38

topic: Moving, Looks, Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Key

for Mercutio's soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company: Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him.

- William Shakespeare

source: Cross, William Shakespeare (1989). “William Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.262, Barnes & Noble Publishing

topic: Soul, Littles, Way, Tybalt, Romeo And Juliet Juliet

Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.116, Classic Books Company

topic: Lying, Heart, Eye, Friars, Love Lies

You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings and soar with them above a common bound.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Wings, Lovers, Common, Cupid, Romeo And Juliet Juliet

Death is my son-in-law, death is my heir.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, John Boydell, Samuel Johnson (1857). “King Lear. Romeo and Juliet”, p.277

topic: Death, Son, Law, Son-in-law, Romeo And Juliet Important

I’ll look to like, if looking liking move; But no more deep will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes”, p.43

topic: Moving, Eye, Giving, Romeo And Juliet Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Play

He that is strucken blind can not forget the precious treasure of his eyesight lost.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (2012). “3 by Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet and Richard III”, p.86, Courier Corporation

topic: Treasure, Forget, Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Romeo

O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head As is a winged messenger of heaven

- William Shakespeare

source: 1595 Romeo of Juliet. Romeo andJuliet, act 2, sc.1, l.68-70.

topic: Art, Angel, Night, Romeo And Juliet Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Love

it is my lady! *sighs* o, it is my love! o, that she knew she were! she speaks, yet she sais nothing. what of that? her eye discourses; i will answer it. i am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks; two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, having some business, do entreat her eyes to twinkle in their spheres till they return.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (1852). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: From the text of Johnson, Steevens, and Reed: With the preface of Dr. Johnson, and a copious glossary. Complete in 1 volume”, p.118

topic: Stars, Eye, Two, Her Eyes, Romeo And Juliet Juliet

Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (2017). “Romeo and Juliet (English Russian illustrated edition): Ромео и Джульетта (английская русская редакция иллюстрированная)”, p.67, Clap Publishing, LLC.

topic: Giving, Romeo And Juliet Love, Lips, Romeo And Juliet Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Play

This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet

- William Shakespeare

topic: Summer, Flower, Love You, Ripening, Summer Flower

O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father refuse thy name, thou art thyself thou not a montegue, what is montegue? tis nor hand nor foot nor any other part belonging to a man What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, So Romeo would were he not Romeo called retain such dear perfection to which he owes without that title, Romeo, Doth thy name! And for that name which is no part of thee, take all thyself.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Love, Sweet, Art, Star Crossed Lovers, Family Feud

Benvolio: What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours? Romeo: Not having that, which, having, makes them short.

- William Shakespeare

source: Aidan Coleman, Shane Barnes, William Shakespeare (2008). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.30, Insight Publications

topic: Love, Sadness, Hours, Romantic Romeo And Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Juliet

If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (2007). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.46, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

topic: Kissing, Hands, Two, Blushing, Romantic Romeo And Juliet

O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. . . . She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomi Athwart men’s noses as they lie asleep.

- William Shakespeare

source: 'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 1, sc. 4, l. 53

topic: Queens, Lying, Team, Faerie, Romeo And Juliet Important

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

- William Shakespeare

source: 'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 1

topic: Memorable, Science, Light, Monologues, Merchant Of Venice

Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. . . .

- William Shakespeare

topic: Art, Grief, Moon, Romantic Romeo And Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Important

Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Alexander Pope (1790). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentick Copies, and Revised; with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are Added, an Essay on the Chronological Order of His Plays; an Essay Relative to Shakspeare and Jonson; a Dissertation on the Three Parts of King Henry VI; an Historical Account of the English Stage; and Notes; by Edmond Malone”, p.98

topic: Compassion, Murder, Juliet, Mercy And Forgiveness, Tybalt

I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.

- William Shakespeare

source: 1595 Romeo. Romeo andJuliet, act 2, sc.1, l.93-4.

topic: Romeo And Juliet Love, Romeo Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Important, Baptized, Romantic Romeo And Juliet

Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!

- William Shakespeare

source: 'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 1, sc. 5, l. [48]

topic: Love, True Beauty, Torches, Tybalt, Romantic Romeo And Juliet

The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. - Romeo

- William Shakespeare

source: 'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 5, sc. 1, l. 72

topic: Law, World, Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Romeo

For you and I are past our dancing days.

- William Shakespeare

source: 'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 1, sc. 5, l. [35]

topic: Love, Past, Dancing, Romeo And Juliet Play, Romeo And Juliet Romeo

Benvolio- "By my head, here come the Capulets." Mercutio- "By my heel, I care not.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (2012). “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, p.60, Hackett Publishing

topic: Care, Juliet, Tybalt, Romeo And Juliet Juliet, Romeo And Juliet Romeo

All is well that ends well

- Emily Rodda

source: Emily Rodda (2008). “The Key to Rondo”, p.332, Scholastic Inc.

topic: Ends, Wells, Spanish Proverb, Meaning Well, Merchant Of Venice

My only love sprung from my only hate.

- William Shakespeare

source: 'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 1, sc. 5, l. [142]

topic: Love, Dream, Hate, Sprung, Early Love

Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.57, Classic Books Company

topic: Love, Rude, Boisterous, Romeo And Juliet Key, Romeo And Juliet Love

The Brightness of her cheek would shame those stars as daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven would through the airy region stream so bright that birds would sing, and think it were not night.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.812

topic: Stars, Eye, Night, Her Eyes, Cheeks

These violent delights have violent ends.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Friendship, Delight, Violent, New Moon, Long Love

What sadness lengthens Romeo’s hours?

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.20, Classic Books Company

topic: Romeo And Juliet Romeo

He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Men, Scar, Inhumanity, Wounds And Scars, Romeo And Juliet Key