The Taming of the Shrew Quotes

And do as adversaries do in law, –
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

– William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew, Act 1, Scene 2.

There’s small choice in rotten apples.

– William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew, Act 1, Scene 1.

I must dance bare-foot on her wedding day
And for your love to her lead apes in hell.

– William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew, Act 2, Scene 1.

And thereby hangs a tale.

– William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew, Act 4, Scene 1.

This is the way to kill a wife with kindness.

– William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew, Act 4, Scene 1.

You are called 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.

– William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew, Act 2, Scene 1.

Kiss me Kate, we will be married o’ Sunday.

– William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew, Act 2, Scene 1, Petruchio.

A woman moved is like a fountain troubled, –
Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty.

– William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew, Act 5, Scene 2.

Such duty as the subject owes the prince,
Even such a woman oweth to her husband.

– William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew, Act 5, Scene 2.

I am ashamed that women are so simple
To offer war where they should kneel for peace.

– William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew, Act 5, Scene 2.