Much Ado About Nothing

By William Shakespeare

QUOTATION: How sweetly you do minister to love,
That know love’s grief by his complexion!
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Claudio, in Much Ado About Nothing, act 1, sc. 1, l. 312-3.

QUOTATION: Pause awhile,
And let my counsel sway you in this case.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Friar Francis, in Much Ado About Nothing, act 4, sc. 1, l. 200-1.

QUOTATION: He is the only man of Italy,
Always excepted my dear Claudio.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Hero, in Much Ado About Nothing, act 3, sc. 1, l. 92-3.

QUOTATION: When you depart from me, sorrow abides, and happiness takes his leave.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Leonato, in Much Ado About Nothing, act 1, sc. 1, l. 101-2.

QUOTATION: How much better is it to weep at joy than to joy at weeping!
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Leonato, in Much Ado About Nothing, act 1, sc. 1, l. 27-9.

QUOTATION: Thou wilt be like a lover presently
And tire the hearer with a book of words.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Don Pedro, in Much Ado About Nothing, act 1, sc. 1, l. 306-7.

QUOTATION: I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Beatrice, in Much Ado About Nothing, act 1, sc. 1, l. 131-2.

QUOTATION: Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Claudio, in Much Ado About Nothing, act 2, sc. 1, l. 175-6.

QUOTATION: She knows the heat of a luxurious bed.
Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Claudio, in Much Ado About Nothing, act 4, sc. 1, l. 41-2.

QUOTATION: Your worship speaks like a most thankful and reverend youth, and I praise God for you.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Dogberry, in Much Ado About Nothing, act 5, sc. 1, l. 315-6.

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