As You Like It

From BillionQuotes

As You Like It

Comedic play written by William Shakespeare, circa 1600.

• "Sweet are the uses of adversity, which like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head."
  • Duke Senior, Act II, Scene i [1]

• "And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything."
  • Duke Senior, Act II, Scene i [2]

• "If thou remember’st not the slightest folly that ever love did make thee run into, thou hast not lov’d."
  • Silvius, Act II, Scene iv [3]

• "Live a little, comfort a little, cheer thyself a little."
  • Orlando, Act II, Scene vi [4]

• "I am ambitious for a motley coat."
  • Jaques, Act II, Scene vii [5]

• "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts..."
  • Jaques, Act II, Scene vii [6]

• "Blow, blow, thou winter wind, thou art not so unkind as man's ingratitude."
  • Amiens, Act II, Scene vii [7]

• "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
  • Touchstone, Act V, Scene i [8]

• "Your ‘if’ is the only peace-maker; much virtue in ‘if.’"
  • Touchstone, Act V, Scene iv [9]

External links:

---

---