Power Quotes by William Shakespeare

Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.

— William Shakespeare

“I know not by what power I'm made bold.”

— William Shakespeare

“Now, if this suit lay in Bianca’s power,”

— William Shakespeare

Who can control his fate?

— William Shakespeare

The eagle suffers little birds to sing.

— William Shakespeare

Greatness knows itself.

— William Shakespeare

The pow'r I have on you is to spare you / The malice towards you, to forgive you. Posthumus

— William Shakespeare

Well, I must be patient; there is no fettering of authority.

— William Shakespeare

Thou hast not half that power to do me harm As I have to be hurt.

— William Shakespeare

“It is an heretic that makes the fire, Not she which burns in't.”

— William Shakespeare

The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape.

— William Shakespeare

Equality of two domestic powers Breeds scrupulous faction.

— William Shakespeare

Th abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.

— William Shakespeare

“It is excellent To have a giant's strength But it is tyrannous To use it like a giant”

— William Shakespeare

It is excellent / To have a giant's strenght / But it is tyrannous / To use it like a giant (Isabella)

— William Shakespeare

I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged tyranny, who sways, not as it hath power,…

— William Shakespeare

“Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, and range with humble livers in content, than to be perk'd up in…

— William Shakespeare

Mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And…

— William Shakespeare

“The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.”

— William Shakespeare

You take my life when you do take the means whereby I live

— William Shakespeare

Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a sceptre to control the world.

— William Shakespeare

What power is it which mounts my love so high, that makes me see, and cannot feed mine eye

— William Shakespeare