If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
The earliest known use of the phrase "off with his head" appears to come from Shakespeare. Queen Margaret says it in Henry VI and Richard says it in Richard III. The phrase was popularised by its appearance in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, in which the Queen of Hearts says it numerous times. It is, of course, a reference to execution by means of decapitation.
It is from Henry V by Shakespeare.
Hamlet
It is a quote from a Shakespeare play, Richard III. The lines are said by the character playing Richard. "Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths; Our bruised arms hung up for monuments;............."
The character was Peter Clemenza, played by Richard S. Castellano.
He used the quote in his essay. The insurance agent quoted the family for a policy. She loves quoting Shakespeare in her books.
Richard III
"A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!" Shakespeare, King Richard III, Act V
The quote does not appear in any Shakespeare play.
A horse. a horse, my kingdom for a horse from Shakespeare:From Shakespeare's Richard III, 1594:CATESBY:Rescue, my Lord of Norfolk, rescue, rescue!The king enacts more wonders than a man,Daring an opposite to every danger:His horse is slain, and all on foot he fights,Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death.Rescue, fair lord, or else the day is lost!KING RICHARD III:A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!CATESBY:Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a horse.
A recite or repeat starting with "q" could be the Qu'ran, which is the holy book of Islam. Muslims recite verses from the Qu'ran during prayer and to seek guidance in their daily lives.
The earliest known use of the phrase "off with his head" appears to come from Shakespeare. Queen Margaret says it in Henry VI and Richard says it in Richard III. The phrase was popularised by its appearance in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, in which the Queen of Hearts says it numerous times. It is, of course, a reference to execution by means of decapitation.
Shakespeare wasn't alive during the Gilded Age.
"To be or not to be" is a quote from the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
The quote "To be or not to be, that is the question" is found in Act 3, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
It's a quote from Shakespeare's Richard III. Act V, Scene III
It is from Henry V by Shakespeare.