Literature/William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare, c. 1598
Shakespeare’s comedy of two pairs of lovers in Messina: young Claudio and Hero, and Benedick and Beatrice, who carry on a running war of wit and swear they will never marry.
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- Act I, Scene I, spoken by LeonatoIn context
He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.
Act I, Scene I, spoken by BeatriceIn contextHe that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man
Act II, Scene I, spoken by BeatriceIn context- Act II, Scene I, spoken by Don PedroIn context
- Act II, Scene I, spoken by ClaudioIn context
Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much.
Act II, Scene I, spoken by ClaudioIn contextNo, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born.
Act II, Scene I, spoken by BeatriceIn context- Act II, Scene III, spoken by BalthasarIn context
A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.
Act II, Scene III, spoken by BenedickIn context- Act III, scene i.In context
- Act III, Scene II, spoken by BenedickIn context
To be a well-favoured man is the gift of Fortune; but to write and read comes by Nature.
Act III, Scene III, spoken by DogberryIn context- Act III, Scene V, spoken by DogberryIn context
A good old man, sir; he will be talking; as they say, ‘when the age is in, the wit is out.’
Act III, Scene V, spoken by DogberryIn context- Act IV, Scene I, spoken by FriarIn context
I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is not that strange?
Act IV, Scene I, spoken by BenedickIn context- Act V, Scene I, spoken by LeonatoIn context
- Act V, Scene I, spoken by DogberryIn context