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Lear is astonished by the sight of Poor Tom, who is practically naked. He realizes that without the benefits of clothes, food, and shelter, humans are little more than animals. King Lear returns repeatedly to the idea that only wealth and social status make human life bearable.
- “When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.” ― William Shakespeare, King Lear.
- “Nothing will come of nothing: speak again.” ― William Shakespeare, King Lear.
- “As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport.” ― William Shakespeare, King Lear.
- “This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune (often the surfeits of our own behavior) we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and stars, as if we were villains on necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on.
Find memorable and thought-provoking quotes from Shakespeare's play King Lear, spoken by characters such as Lear, Fool, Edgar, and Gloucester. Browse the list of quotes by act, scene, and speaker, and see the full text and modern English versions of the play.
There are many well-known quotes in King Lear - here we've listed a few of them, in order of appearance in the play. Philip Winchester as Edmund. King Lear (2007), directed by Trevor Nunn
- I thought the King had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall. King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1. The play’s opening line by the Earl of Kent about which son-in-law King Lear loves most, the Duke of Albany or Duke of Cornwall, suggests that the dynamics of family relationships will be a major feature in this play.
- KENT: Is not this your son, my lord? GLOUCESTER: His breeding, sir, hath been at my charge. I have so often blushed to acknowledge him, that now I am brazed to ‘t.
- But I have a son, sir by order of law, some year elder than this, who yet is no dearer in my account. Though this knave came something saucily to the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair, there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged.
- Meantime we shall express our darker purpose. – Give me the map there. Know that we have divided. In three our kingdom, and ’tis our fast intent. To shake all cares and business from our age,
Explore the most memorable lines from the tragedy of King Lear, such as "Nothing will come of nothing" and "The worst is not so long as we can say, 'This is the worst.'" Find out the context and meaning of these quotations and their sources.
Browse the most famous and memorable lines from King Lear, one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies. Find quotes on love, madness, nature, fate, and more from the play's characters and scenes.
