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Claudio
A witty young Lord of Padua and a soldier. He is extraordinarily successful with women, but is fanatically committed to a bachelor’s life. He has a “merry war,” of wits and insults with Beatrice, whom he hates. By the end of the play, Claudio, Don Pedro and Leonato have tricked him into falling in love with Beatrice, and he marries her.
Benedick Quotes in Much Ado About Nothing
The Much Ado About Nothing quotes below are all either spoken by Benedick or refer to Benedick. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 1
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“There is a kind of merry war betwixt Signior Benedick and her; they never meet but there’s a skirmish of wit between them.”
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“Shall I never see a bachelor of threescore again?”
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“Well, as time shall try: ‘In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke.’”
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Act 2, Scene 3
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“One woman is fair, yet I am well; another is wise, yet I am well; another virtuous, yet I am well; but till all graces be in one woman, one woman shall not come in my grace.”
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Act 3, Scene 2
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“Well, every one can master a grief but he that has it.”
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Act 5, Scene 2
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“I was not born under a rhyming planet.”
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Act 5, Scene 4
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“…get thee a wife, get thee a wife: there is no staff more reverent than one tipped with horn.”
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Benedick Quotes in Much Ado About Nothing
The Much Ado About Nothing quotes below are all either spoken by Benedick or refer to Benedick. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 1
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“There is a kind of merry war betwixt Signior Benedick and her; they never meet but there’s a skirmish of wit between them.”
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“Shall I never see a bachelor of threescore again?”
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“Well, as time shall try: ‘In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke.’”
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Act 2, Scene 3
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“One woman is fair, yet I am well; another is wise, yet I am well; another virtuous, yet I am well; but till all graces be in one woman, one woman shall not come in my grace.”
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Act 3, Scene 2
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“Well, every one can master a grief but he that has it.”
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Act 5, Scene 2
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“I was not born under a rhyming planet.”
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Act 5, Scene 4
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“…get thee a wife, get thee a wife: there is no staff more reverent than one tipped with horn.”
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