Othello Quotes

• debitor and creditor ... spinster ... counter-caster (Cassio)
• 'Preferment goes by letter and affection, and not by old gradation
• [to be honest would be to] wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at
• I am not what I am
• An old black ram is tupping your white ewe
• you'll have your nephews neigh to you
• thou has enchanted her ... foul charms
• sold to slavery ... and often did beguile her of her tears. This is the only witchcraft i have used
• The Moor is of a free and open nature and will be led by th'nose as asses are
• if thou canst cuckold him, thou dost thyself a pleasure, me a sport
• our captain's captain, fair warrior
• with as little a web as this I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio
• I do suspect the lusty Moor hath leap'd into my seat ... the thought, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards
• jealousy; the green eyes monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on
• I am black and have not those soft parts of conversation that chamberers have
• farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content!
• her name, that was as fresh as Dian's visage, is now begrimed and black as my own face
• a horned man's a monster and a beast
• tear her into pieces ... O blood, blood, blood ... chop her into messes
• [men re] but stomachs, and we all but food; to eat us hungerly. and when they are full, they belch us
• I took you for that cunning whore of Venice that married with Othello
• [I wouldn't commit adultery] by this heavenly light
• [adultery is] a small vice
• O, banish me, my lord, but kill me not
• I will never speak a word
• One not easily jealous