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The Taming of the Shrew
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"The Taming of the Shrew" Quotes

A man marries a headstrong woman by pretending to be someone he's not.

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Asses are made to bear, and so are you.

William Shakespeare

insultpatience

I am ashamed that women are so simple.

William Shakespeare

gender

I will be master of what is mine own.

William Shakespeare

powercontrol

Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper.

William Shakespeare

marriagegender

My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.

William Shakespeare

angeremotion

For I am he born to tame you, Kate, and bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate conformable as other household Kates.

William Shakespeare

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Come, come, you froward and unable worms!

William Shakespeare

insult

I am no breeching scholar in the schools.

William Shakespeare

education

And where two raging fires meet together, they do consume the thing that feeds their fury.

William Shakespeare

conflictanger

Why are our bodies soft and weak and smooth, unapt to toil and trouble in the world, but that our soft conditions and our hearts should well agree with our external parts?

William Shakespeare

genderstereotypes