![]() ‘Your breath first kindled the dead coal of warsĪnd brought in matter that should feed this fire Īnd now ’tis far too huge to be blown out ‘The armourers, accomplishing the knights, ‘Let’s march without the noise of threat’ning drum.’ Rather, the citizenry infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and do it gladly so.’ ‘And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind is closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. ‘From camp to camp through the foul womb of night Which many a good tall fellow had destroy’d That villanous saltpetre should be digg’d ‘Blow, wind! come, wrack!Īt least we’ll die with harness on our back.’ ‘In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.’ ‘The fire-eyed maid of smoky warĪll hot and bleeding will we offer them.’ ![]() The cannons to heavens, the heavens to earth.’ ‘Hang out our banners on the outward walls.’ When the intent of bearing them is just.’ Their iron indignation ‘gainst your walls.’ ‘The cannons have their bowels full of wrath, ![]() Hath no self-love, nor he that loves himself, Hot coals of vengeance! Let no soldier fly. Whom angry heavens do make their minister, ‘Who does i’ the wars more than his captain canĪntony and Cleopatra 8. ‘Sound trumpets! let our bloody colours wave! ![]() ‘Each Trojan that is master of his heart, Let him to field Troilus, alas! hath none.’ ‘War gives the right to the conquerors to impose any condition they please upon the vanquished.’ ‘We must have bloody noses and crack’d crowns,Īnd pass them current too. Or close the wall up with our English dead.’ ‘Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more Shakespeare’s references to war are among the most quoted phrases in our culture. English history is to a large extent the history of war, and therefore one of the main subjects for writers to write about. Although in the modern world we try to avoid war, Shakespeare recognised the fact that war is one of the great human themes, along with love and death ( read more about themes in Shakespeare’s plays). This page lists 50 Shakespeare quotes about war. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale ![]() This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order.
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