Act 1, Scene 1
CHARLESThere's no news at the court, sir, but the old news. That is, the old duke is banished by his younger brother the new duke, and three or four loving lords have put themselves into...
Act 1, Scene 2
ROSALINDFrom henceforth I will, coz, and devise sports. Let me see—what think you of falling in love?CELIA Marry, I prithee, do, to make sport withal; but love no...
Act 1, Scene 3
Rosalind lacks then the loveWhich teacheth thee that thou and I am one.Shall we be sundered? Shall we part, sweet girl? (1.3.102-104)
Act 2, Scene 1
DUKE SENIORNow, my co-mates and brothers in exile,Hath not old custom made this life more sweetThan that of painted pomp? Are not these woodsMore free from peril than the envious court? (2.1.1-4)
Act 2, Scene 3
ADAMBut do not so. I have five hundred crowns,The thrifty hire I saved under your father,Which I did store to be my foster nurseWhen service should in my old limbs lie lame,And unregarded age in co...
Act 2, Scene 4
SILVIUSO Corin, that thou knew'st how I do love her! CORINI partly guess; for I have loved ere now.SILVIUSNo, Corin, being old thou canst not guess, (2.4.22-24)
Act 2, Scene 5
SONG[All together here] Who doth ambition shun, And loves to live i' th' sun, Seeking the food he eats, And pleas'd with what he gets,Come hither, come hither, come hither.&...
Act 2, Scene 7
JAQUES A fool, a fool. I met a fool i' the forest,A motley fool. A miserable world![...]When I did hearThe motley fool thus moral on the time,My lungs began to crow like chanticleerThat fools shoul...
Act 3, Scene 1
OLIVERO that your Highness knew my heart in this:I never loved my brother in my life.FREDERICKMore villain thou. (3.1.13-15)
Act 3, Scene 2
ROSALINDAlas the day! what shall I do with my doublet and hose? What did he when thou saw'st him? What said he? How looked he? Wherein went he? What makes him here? Did he ask for me...
Act 3, Scene 3
TOUCHSTONE[...] many a man has good horns, and knows no end of them. Well, that is the dowry of his wife; 'tis none of his own getting. Horns? Even so. Poor men alone? No, no. The no...
Act 3, Scene 4
ROSALINDI met the duke yesterday and had much question with him: he asked me of what parentage I was. I told him, of as good as he. So he laughed and let me go. But what talk we of f...
Act 3, Scene 5
Sweet Phoebe, do not scorn me. Do not, Phoebe.Say that you love me not, but say not soIn bitterness. The common executioner,Whose heart the accustomed sight of death makes hard,Falls n...
Act 4, Scene 1
ROSALIND [as Ganymede to Orlando]Come, woo me, woo me, for now I am in a holiday humor and like enough to consent. What would you say to me now, an I were your very, very Rosalind?ORLANDO...
Act 4, Scene 2
Take thou no scorn to wear the horn.It was a crest ere thou wast born.Thy father's father wore it,And thy father bore it.The horn, the horn, the lusty hornIs not a thing to laugh to scorn. (4.2.14-19)
Act 4, Scene 3
OLIVERBe of good cheer, youth. You a man? You lack a man's heart.ROSALIND [as Ganymede]I do so, I confess it. Ah, sirrah, a body would think this was well-counterfeited. I pray you tell y...
Act 5, Scene 4
First, in this forest, let us do those endsThat here were well begun and well begot,And, after, every of this happy numberThat have endured shrewd days and nights with usShall share the good of our...
Epilogue
ROSALINDIt is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue. (Epilogue 1-3)