All WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Quotes about “Country”

“The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.”
“Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country, as the behavior of the country is most mockable at the court.”
“But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?”
“'Tis thought the king is dead; we will not stay. The bay trees in our country are all wither'd.”
“Hamlet: Lady, shall I lie in your lap? Ophelia: No, my lord. Hamlet: DId you think I meant country matters? Ophelia: I think nothing, my lord. Hamlet: That's a fair thought to lie between maids' legs. Ophelia: What is, my lord? Hamlet: Nothing.”
“May never glorious sun reflex his beams Upon the country where you make abode! But darkness and the gloomy shade of death Environ you till mischief and despair Drive you to break your necks or hang yourselves.”
“Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's.”
“I had rather eleven died nobly for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of action.”
“If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee; wish not one man more.”
“The bay-trees in our country are all withered, And meteors fright the fixÃ¨d stars of heaven. The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth, And lean-looked prophets whisper fearful change. Rich men look sad, and ruffians dance and leap; The one in fear to lose what they enjoy, The other to enjoy by rage and war. These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.”
“'Tis pride that pulls the country down.”
“I do love My country's good with a respect more tender, More holy and profound, then mine own life, My dear wife's estimate, her womb increase, And treasure of my loins.”
“Hear me profess sincerely: had I a dozen sons, each in my love alike, and none less dear than thine and my good Marcius, I had rather have eleven die nobly for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of action.”

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