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.. doth love us most?" King Lear

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.. doth love us most?" King Lear

Act 1 Scene 1: "which of you shall say..

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..Love, and be silent" Cordelia [aside]

Act 1 Scene 1: "What shall Cordelia speak?..

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.. Speak again." King Lear

Act 1 Scene 1: "Nothing will come of Nothing:..

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.. Thou swearest thy gods in vain" Kent

Act 1 Scene 1: "Now, by Apollo, King,..

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.. Cordelia leaves you" Cordelia

Act 1 Scene 1: "The jewels of our father, with washed eyes..

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.. What plighted cunning hides;" King Lear

Act 1 Scene 1: "Time shall unfold..

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.. slenderly known himself" Regan

Act 1 Scene 1: "he hath ever but..

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.. My services are bound" Edmund

Act 1 Scene 2: "Thou, Nature, art my goddess; to thy law..

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.. Now, gods, stand up for bastards!" Edmund

Act 1 Scene 2: "I grow, I prosper;..

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.. detested, brutish villain" Gloucester

Act 1 Scene 2: "Abhorred villain! Unnatural,..

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.. so it follows that I am rough and lecherous. Fut!" Edmund

Act 1 Scene 2: "my nativity was under Ursa Major,..

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.. weary negligence you please," Goneril

Act 1 Scene 3: "Put on what..

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"All thy other titles tho hast given away; that thou wast born with." Fool

Act 1 Scene 4: "Dost thou call me fool, boy?" King Lear

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.. tell me who I am?" King Lear

Act 1 Scene 4: " who is it that can..

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.. till thou hadst been wise" Fool

Act 1 Scene 5: "Thou shouldst not have been old..

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.. make a good fool." Fool.

Act 1 Scene 5: "thou wouldst..

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.. smile once more; turn thy wheel!" Kent

Act 2 Scene 2: " fortune, goodnight;..

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.. Of Bedlam beggars," Edgar

Act 2 Scene 3: "The country gives me proof and precedent..

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.. nothing am." Edgar

Act 2 Scene 3: "Edgar I..

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.. Into her scornful eyes! Infect her beauty," King Lear

Act 2 Scene 4: "You nimble lightnings, dart your blinding flames..

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.. Rage! Blow!" King Lear

Act 3 Scene 2: "Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!..

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..I never gave you kingdom, call's you children," King Lear

Act 3 Scene 2: "I tax you not, you elements, with unkindness..

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.. More sinn'd against than sinning." King Lear

Act 3 Scene 2: "I am a man..

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.. when the old doth fall" Edmund

Act 3 Scene 3: "The younger rises..

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.. turn us all to fools and madmen." Fool

Act 3 Scene 4: "This cold night will..

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.. to bed at noon" Fool

Act 3 Scene 6: "And I'll go..

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..They kill us for sport" Gloucester

Act 4 Scene 1: "As flies to wanton boys, are we to th' gods..

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.. when madmen lead the blind." Gloucester

Act 4 Scene 1: 'tis the times' plague,..

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.. which the rude wind Blows in your face" Albany

Act 4 Scene 2: "You are not worth the dust..

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..That bear'st a cheek for blows," Goneril

Act 4 Scene 2: "Milk-liver'd man!

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and furrow-weeds," Cordelia

Act 4 Scene 4: "Crown'd with rank fumitory..

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"A most poor man, made tame to Fortune's blows;" Edmund

Act 4 Scene 6: "Now, good sir, what are you?" Gloucester

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.. And hold your hand in benediction o'er me." Cordelia

Act 4 Scene 7: "O, look upon me, sir,

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.. is certainly miscarried." Regan

Act 5 Scene 1: "Our sister's man..

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.. Shall we not see these daughters and these sisters?" Cordelia

Act 5 Scene 3: "Myself could else out-frown false Fortune's frown,

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..O, you are men of stones!" King Lear

Act 5 Scene 3: "Howl, howl, howl!

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..And thou no breath at all?" King Lear

Act 5 Scene 3: "Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life,

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.. Pray you, undo this button:" King Lear

Act 5 Scene 3: "Never, never, never, never, never!

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