Quotes from The Tempest

The Tempest is a story of injustice against overthrown Duke Prospero, who is caught in a tempest in the middle of a sea. The story portrays the different shades of the main character. This play uses magic, sorcery, special effects to create a spectacular show. Spirits, monsters, and other supernatural beings also play important roles in this play.

The Tempest, Act III, Sc. II
He that dies pays all debts.

The Tempest, Act I, Sc. II
The fringed curtains of thine eye advance.

The Tempest, Act II, Sc. II
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

The Tempest, Act V, Sc. I
Deeper than did ever plummet sound
I'll drown my book.

The Tempest, Act V, Sc. I
Where the bee sucks, there suck I;
In a cowslip's bell I lie.

The Tempest, Act I, Sc. I
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.

The Tempest, Act V, Sc. I
Merrily, merrily shall I live now,
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.

The Tempest, Act I, Sc. II
I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated
To closeness and the bettering of my mind.

The Tempest, Act I, Sc. II
Like one
Who having into truth, by telling of it,
Made such a sinner of his memory,
To credit his own lie.

The Tempest, Act I, Sc. II
There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple:
If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with't.

The Tempest, Act I, Sc. II
Fill all thy bones with aches.

The Tempest, Act III, Sc. III
A kind
Of excellent dumb discourse.

The Tempest, Act I, Sc. II
My library
Was dukedom large enough.

The Tempest, Act I, Sc. II
What seest thou else
In the dark backward and abysm of time?

The Tempest, Act I, Sc. II
Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me
From mine own library with volumes that
I prize above my dukedom.

The Tempest, Act I, Sc. II
Come unto these yellow sands,
And then take hands:
Courtsied when you have, and kiss'd
The wild waves whist.

Twelfth Night, Act III, Sc. I
Oh, what a deal of scorn looks beautiful
In the contempt and anger of his lip!