Tamburlaine

"Let Earth and Heaven his timeless death deplore, For both their worths shall equal him no more."

"Is it not brave to be a king, Techelles! Usumcasanë and Theridamas, Is it not passing brave to be a king?"

"Virtue is the fount whence honour springs."

"Well, bark, ye dogs; Ill bridle all your tongues."

"His Second Part, Where death cuts off the progress of his pomp And murderous Fates throw all his triumphs down."

"Nature, that framd us of four elements Warring within our breasts for regiment, Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds: Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous Architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planets course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless Spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown."

"Come, let us march against the powers of heaven, And set black streamers in the firmament, To signify the slaughter of the gods."

"Sooner shall the sun fall from his sphere Than Tamburlaine be slain or overcome."

"Virtue solely is the sum of glory And fashions men with true nobility."

"Tamburlaine, the Scourge of God, must die."