A Midsummer Night's Dream

By William Shakespeare

QUOTATION: Lord, what fools these mortals be!
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Robin Goodfellow (Puck), in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 3, sc. 2, l. 115, 1594-95.

QUOTATION: Nay, I’ll go with thee, cheek by jowl.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Demetrius, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 3, sc. 2, l. 338.

QUOTATION: What angel wakes me from my flow’ry bed?
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Titania, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 3, sc. 1.

QUOTATION: The course of true love never did run smooth.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Lysander, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 1, sc. 1, l. 134 (1600).

QUOTATION: No doubt they rose up early to observe
The rite of May.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Theseus, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 4, sc. 1, l. 132-3.

QUOTATION: The imperial votaress passed on,
In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Oberon, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 2, sc. 1, l. 164.

QUOTATION: You speak all your part at once, cues and all.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Quince, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 3, sc. 1, l. 99-100.

QUOTATION: Joy, gentle friends, joy and fresh days of love
Accompany your hearts!
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Theseus, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 5, sc. 1, l. 29-30.

QUOTATION: There we may rehearse most obscenely and courageously.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Bottom, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 1, sc. 2, l. 107-8.

QUOTATION: My love shall hear the music of my hounds.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Theseus, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 4, sc. 1, l. 106.

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