Quoted By:
1564-1616: William Shakespeare
>"Frailty, thy name is WOMAN!
—Hamlet Act I, sc. 2.
>"Such duty as the subject owes the prince,
>Even such a woman oweth to her husband;
>And when she is froward, peevish, sullen, sour,
>And not obedient to his honest will,
>What is she but a foul contending rebel
>And graceless traitor to her loving lord?
>I am asham'd that women are so simple
>To offer war where they should kneel for peace;
>Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway,
>When they are bound to serve, love, and obey."
—The Taming of the Shrew Act V, Sc. 2.
>"The wiles and guiles that women work,
>Dissembled with an outward show,
>The tricks and toys that in them lurk,
>The cock that treads them shall not know.
>Have you not heard it said full oft,
>A woman's nay doth stand for nought?"
— The Passionate Pigrim, 340.
>"And let not women’s weapons, water-drops,
>Stain my man’s cheeks! …
>No, I’ll not weep.
>I have full cause of weeping, but this heart
>Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws
>Or ere I’ll weep."
—King Lear
>"O devil, devil!
>If that the earth could teem with woman's tears,
>Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile.
>Out of my sight!"
— (Othello, 4.1.2685)
(Need some bumps, lads! We're not done yet.)
