Bartlette's Quotations: King Henry VI. Part I.
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| 1 |
Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night! | Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 2 |
Halcyon days. | Sc. 2. |
| 3 |
Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch; Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth; Between two blades, which bears the better temper; Between two horses, which doth bear him best; Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye,-- I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgment; But in these nice sharp quillets of the law, Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw. | Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 4 |
Delays have dangerous ends. | Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 5 |
She 's beautiful, and therefore to be wooed; She is a woman, therefore to be won. | Act v. Sc. 3. |
