Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Henry IV Part 2.
Power Quotes
KINGGod knows, I had no such intent, But that necessity so bowed the state That I and greatness were compelled to kiss—
(3.1.73-75)
Family Quotes
RUMOR...Hotspur's father, old Northumberland, Lies crafty-sick. (Induction.36-37)
Weakness Quotes
RUMORThis have I rumoured through the peasant towns Between that royal field of Shrewsbury And this worm-eaten hold of ragged stone, Where Hotspur's father, old Northumberland, Lies crafty-sick. (I...
Time Quotes
CHIEF JUSTICEDo you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down old with all the characters of age? Have you not a moist eye, a dry hand, a yellow cheek, a white beard, a decre...
Rules and Order Quotes
RUMOR Why is Rumor here? I run before King Harry's victory, Who in a bloody field by Shrewsbury Hath beaten down young Hotspur and his troops, Quenching the flame of bold rebellion Even with the re...
Warfare Quotes
NORTHUMBERLAND The times are wild. Contention, like a horse Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose And bears down all before him. (1.1.12-14)
Lies and Deceit Quotes
RUMOR Upon my tongues continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of men with false reports. (Induction.6-8)