Henry VI, Part 2 Quotes
- What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted!
Thrice is he arm’d, that hath his quarrel just;
And he but naked, though lock’d up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted. - View Quote Details on What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted!
Thrice is he arm’d,… - Main chance. - View Quote Details on Main chance.
- There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny: the three-hooped pots shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony, to drink small beer. - View Quote Details on There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for…
- Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled o’er, should undo a man? - View Quote Details on Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin…
- Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar-school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used; and, contrary to the king, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill. - View Quote Details on Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm…
- Could I come near your beauty with my nails,
I’d set my ten commandments in your face. - View Quote Details on Could I come near your beauty with my nails,
I’d set… - Sir, he made a chimney in my father’s house, and the bricks are alive at this day to testify it. - View Quote Details on Sir, he made a chimney in my father’s house, and…
- Close up his eyes, and draw the curtain close;
And let us all to meditation. - View Quote Details on Close up his eyes, and draw the curtain close;
And let… - The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day
Is crept into the bosom of the sea. - View Quote Details on The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day
Is crept into the bosom… - He dies, and makes no sign. - View Quote Details on He dies, and makes no sign.
- The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers. - View Quote Details on The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.
- Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. - View Quote Details on Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
About Henry VI, Part 2
King Henry VI Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare, originally known as The First Part of the Contention betwixt the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster. It was probably written ca. 1590-91 as the second part of the trilogy on Henry VI of England and is often grouped together with Richard III as a tetralogy on The Wars of the Roses, the success of which established Shakespeare’s reputation as a playwright.
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