Titus Andronicus

By William Shakespeare

QUOTATION: She is a woman, therefore may be wooed;
She is a woman, therefore may be won.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Demetrius, in Titus Andronicus, act 2, sc. 1, l. 82-3.

QUOTATION: Two may keep counsel when the third’s away.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Aaron, in Titus Andronicus, act 4, sc. 2, l. 144.

QUOTATION: When will this fearful slumber have an end?
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Titus, in Titus Andronicus, act 3, sc. 1, l. 252.

QUOTATION: Dost thou not perceive
That Rome is but a wilderness of tigers?
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Titus, in Titus Andronicus, act 3, sc. 1, l. 53-4.

QUOTATION: Come and take choice of all my library,
And so beguile thy sorrow.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Titus, in Titus Andronicus, act 4, sc. 1, l. 34-5.

QUOTATION: I’ll to thy closet and go read with thee
Sad stories chanced in the times of old.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Titus, in Titus Andronicus, act 3, sc. 2, l. 82-3.

QUOTATION: Wilt thou draw near the nature of the gods?
Draw near them then in being merciful.
Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Tamora, in Titus Andronicus, act 1, sc. 1, l. 117-19.

QUOTATION: Poor harmless fly,
That with his pretty buzzing melody
Came here to make us merry. And thou hast killed him!
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Titus, in Titus Andronicus, act 3, sc. 2, l. 63-5.

QUOTATION: The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey,
The fields are fragrant and the woods are green.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Titus, in Titus Andronicus, act 2, sc. 2, l. 1-2.

QUOTATION: Give me a staff of honor for mine age,
But not a sceptre to control the world.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Refusing to be made emperor of Rome. Titus, in Titus Andronicus, act 1, sc. 1, l. 198-9.

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