| Showing the king’s foolishness | “If i gave them all my living surely I’d keep my coxcomb” |
| The King’s decline | “Lear’s shadow” |
| Theme of nothing | “Can you make no use of nothing, nuncle?” |
| Consequences of giving away his kingdom | “Thou hast made thy daughters thy mothers” |
| Fool’s opinion on the storm | “here’s a night pities neither wise men nor fools” |
| Lear’s relationship with the Fool | “How dost my boy? Art thou cold?” |
| Lear’s status after the kingdom division | “I am a fool, thou art nothing.” |
| Fool’s opinion on fortune | “fortune you arrant wh*re, ne’er gives anything to the poor” |
| Commenting on Lear’s foolishness | “I’d have thee beaten for being old before thy time” |
| Consequences of kingdom division | “all thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with” |
| Lear’s sexuality | “the cod piece that will house before thy head has any” |
King Lear – Fool Quotes
July 11, 2019