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  • And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

    Law   Taming   Culture  
    William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell, George Steevens (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.410
  • You lie, in faith; for you are call'd plain Kate, And bonny Kate and sometimes Kate the curst; But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendom Kate of Kate Hall, my super-dainty Kate, For dainties are all Kates, and therefore, Kate, Take this of me, Kate of my consolation; Hearing thy mildness praised in every town, Thy virtues spoke of, and thy beauty sounded, Yet not so deeply as to thee belongs, Myself am moved to woo thee for my wife.

    Lying   Wife   Hearing  
    William Shakespeare, Roma Gill (2001). “The Taming of the Shrew”, p.43, Barron's Educational Series
  • It is the mind that makes the body rich; and as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, so honor peereth in the meanest habit.

    William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.3514, BookCaps Study Guides
  • She moves me not, or not removes at least affection's edge in me.

    Moving   Taming   Shrews  
    William Shakespeare (1842). “The works of William Shakespeare, the text formed from an entirely new collation of the old editions, with notes [&c.] by J.P. Collier. [With] Notes and emendations to the text of Shakespeare's plays”, p.129
  • Say she rail; why, I'll tell her plain She sings as sweetly as a nightingale. Say that she frown; I'll say she looks as clear As morning roses newly wash'd with dew. Say she be mute and will not speak a word; Then I'll commend her volubility, and say she uttereth piercing eloquence.

    Morning   Rose   Dew  
    'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 2, sc. 1, l. 171
  • Truthfully speaking, women are dangerous, even those who aren't feminists, because there has always been a women's revolt. Only it has usually translated itself into solitary, individualist, disagreeable manifestations - the whole history of the taming of the shrew, the woman-shrew. They weren't shrews without cause.

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  • In brief, sir, study what you most affect.

    'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 1, sc. 1, l. 39
  • We will have rings and things and fine array

    1593 Petruccio.TheTaming of the Shrew, act 2, sc.1, l.319-20.
  • The poorest service is repaid with thanks.

    William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.249
  • Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt.

    Marriage   Husband   Home  
    'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 5, sc. 2, l. 147
  • All is well that ends well

    Wise   Drama   Italian  
    Emily Rodda (2008). “The Key to Rondo”, p.332, Scholastic Inc.
  • This is a way to kill a wife with kindness.

    'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 4, sc. 1, l. [208]
  • Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? Have I not in my time heard lions roar? Have I not heard the sea, puffed up with winds, Rage like an angry boar chafed with sweat? Have I not heard great ordinance in the field, And Heaven's artillery thunder in the skies? Have I not in a pitched battle heard Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets' clang? And do you tell me of a woman's tongue, That gives not half so great a blow to hear As will a chestnut in a farmer's fire? Tush! tush! fear boys with bugs. Grumio: For he fears none.

    Thinking   Blow   Boys  
    William Shakespeare (2016). “The Taming of the Shrew”, p.33, Penguin
  • My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, and till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, for then she never looks upon her lure.

    William Shakespeare, Harold James Oliver (1999). “The Taming of the Shrew”, p.186, Oxford University Press, USA
  • Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, Shall win my love.

    William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson (1765). “The plays of William Shakespeare in eight volumes: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Sam Johnson”, p.69
  • Sit by my side, and let the world slip: we shall ne'er be younger.

    Halloween   World   Sides  
    William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.3289, BookCaps Study Guides
  • Why are our bodies soft, and weak, and smooth But that our soft conditions and our hearts Should well agree with our external parts?

    Heart   Taming   Body  
    William Shakespeare, William Harness (1830). “The dramatic works of William Shakspeare”, p.351
  • There's small choice in rotten apples.

    1593 Hortensio to Gremio.TheTaming of the Shrew, act1, sc.1, l.133-4.
  • Petruchio: Come, come, you wasp; i' faith, you are too angry. Katherine: If I be waspish, best beware my sting. Petruchio: My remedy is then, to pluck it out. Katherine: Ay, if the fool could find where it lies. Petruchio: Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting? In his tail. Katherine: In his tongue. Petruchio: Whose tongue? Katherine: Yours, if you talk of tails: and so farewell. Petruchio: What, with my tongue in your tail? Nay, come again, Good Kate; I am a gentleman.

  • I am asham'd that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace.

    Peace   War   Simple  
    'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 5, sc. 2, l. 162
  • Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure.

    Love   Marriage   Mean  
    William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.445, Oxford University Press
  • He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

    William Shakespeare (2004). “The Taming of the Shrew”, p.262, Perfection Learning
  • For I am he am born to tame you, Kate; and bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate conformable as other household Kates.

    Taming   Shrews   Born  
    William Shakespeare (2007). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.341, Wordsworth Editions
  • What: is the jay more precious than the lark because his feathers are more beautiful?

    1593 Petruccio to Kate.TheTaming of the Shrew, act 4, sc.3, l.173-6.
  • Is it possible that love should of a sudden take such a hold?

    William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.237
  • I'll say she looks as clear as morning roses newly washed with dew.

    Love   Morning   Rose  
    'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 2, sc. 1, l. 171
  • Nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal.

    'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 1, sc. 2, l. [82]
  • Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

    Art   Rain   Play  
    'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 33
  • And where two raging fires meet together, they do consume the thing that feeds their fury.

    Fire   Two   Together  
    William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1786). “The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere,: With the Notes of All the Various Commentators; Printed Complete from the Best Editions of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens...”
  • Tis the mind that makes the body rich.

    Mind   Taming   Body  
    William Shakespeare (2008). “The Taming of the Shrew”, p.139, Book Jungle
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