A selection of well-known quotes from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
There's a skirmish of wit between them.
(Leonato, Act 1 Scene 1)
In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke.
(Don Pedro, Act 1 Scene 1)
He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man: and he that is more than a youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, I am not for him.
(Beatrice, Act 2 Scene 1)
As merry as the day is long.
(Beatrice, Act 2 Scene 1)
Speak low if you speak love.
(Don Pedro, Act 2 Scene 1)
Friendship is constant in all other things,
Save in the office and affairs of love.
(Claudio, Act 2 Scene 1)
She speaks poniards, and every word stabs.
(Benedick, Act 2 Scene 1)
I will not be sworn, but love may transform me to an oyster.
(Benedick, Act 2 Scene 3)
When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.
(Benedick, Act 2 Scene 3)
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
(Hero, Act 3, Scene 1)
Everyone cannot master a grief but he that has it.
(Benedick, Act 3 Scene 2)
Are you good men and true?
(Dogberry, Act 3 Scene 3)
I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.
(Beatrice, Act 4 Scene 1)
For there was never yet philosopher
That could endure the toothache patiently.
(Leonato, Act 5 Scene 1)
In a false quarrel there is no true valour.
(Benedick, Act 5 Scene 1)
Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.
(Benedick, Act 5 Scene 2)
Peace! I will stop your mouth.
(Leonato, Act 5 Scene 3)