OTHELLO QUOTES

OTHELLO QUOTES

1. “For she had eyes and chose me.”

2. “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on.”

3. “Men in rage strike those that wish them best.”

4. “The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.”

5. “Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.(Iago, Act II, scene iii)”

6. “But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.”

7. “Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.”

8. “I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.”

9. “Men should be what they seem.”

10. “She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her that she did pity them”

11. “How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? Iago”

12. “Tis within ourselves that we are thus or thus”

13. “Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul But I do love thee! and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again.”

14. “Rude am I in my speech, And little blessed with the soft phrase of peace.”

15. “Thou weigh'st thy words before thou givest them breath.”

16. “And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love.

17. “Drown thyself? Drown cats and blind puppies.”

18. “And what’s he then that says I play the villain?”

19. “This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven.”