Banquo, a character in William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth," plays a significant role as Macbeth's loyal friend and eventually becomes a victim of his ambition. Here are 100 quotes from Banquo in "Macbeth":
"What, can the devil speak true?"
"And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths."
"What, sir, not yet at rest? The king's a-bed."
"Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, as the weird women promised, and I fear thou played'st most foully for't."
"Merciful powers, restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature gives way to in repose."
"This guest of summer, the temple-haunting martlet, does approve by his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath smells wooingly here."
"To the self-same tune and words."
"Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, as the weird women promised, and I fear thou played'st most foully for't."
"That trusted home might yet enkindle you unto the crown, besides the thane of Cawdor."
"Lesser than Macbeth, and greater."
"New horrors come upon him like our strange garments."
"The instruments of darkness tell us truths."
"The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, and these are of them."
"I fear thou played'st most foully for't."
"And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp."
"But 'tis strange, and oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray us in deepest consequence."
"But let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, ere we will eat our meal in fear and sleep in the affliction of these terrible dreams that shake us nightly."
"So I lose none in seeking to augment it, but still keep my bosom franchised and allegiance clear, I shall be counselled."
"Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, as the weird women promised, and I fear thou played'st most foully for't."
"I will not yield to kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet and to be baited with the rabble's curse."
"You should be women, and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so."
"Were such things here as we do speak about? Or have we eaten on the insane root that takes the reason prisoner?"
"And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths."
"Lesser than Macbeth, and greater."
"The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, and these are of them."
"I fear thou played'st most foully for't."
"And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp."
"But 'tis strange, and oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray us in deepest consequence."
"But let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, ere we will eat our meal in fear and sleep in the affliction of these terrible dreams that shake us nightly."