Quotes From Shakespeare's 'Timon of Athens'.

“I am not of that feather to shake off
My friend when he must need me.”

-Act I, Scene 1.


“'Tis not enough,
To help the feeble up, but to support them after.”

-Act I, Scene 1.


“Like madness is the glory of this life.”

-Act I, Scene 2.


“’Tis not enough to give.
Methinks I could deal kingdoms to my friends
And ne’er be weary.”

-Act I, Scene 2.


“I wonder men dare trust themselves with men.”

-Act I, Scene 2.


“O, that men’s ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!”

-Act I, Scene 2.


“I must not break my back to heal his finger.”

-Act II, Scene 2.


“Men must learn now with pity to dispense;
For policy sits above conscience.”

-Act III, Scene 2.


“I am an humble suitor to your virtues,
For pity is the virtue of the law,
And none but tyrants use it cruelly.”

-Act III, Scene 5.


“Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.”

-Act III, Scene 5.


“Timon will to the woods, where he shall find
Th’unkindest beast more kinder than mankind.”

-Act IV, Scene 1.


“Strange, unusual blood,
When man’s worst sin is he does too much good!”

-Act IV, Scene 2.


“Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?”

-Act IV, Scene 2.


“I love thee better now than e'er I did.”
“I hate thee worse.”

-Act IV, Scene 3.


“What is here? Gold?
Yellow, glittering precious gold? This yellow slave
Will knit and break religions; bless th’accursed,
Make the hoar leprosy adored, place thieves,
And give them title, knee, and approbation
With senators on the bench.”

-Act IV, Scene 3.


“I am Misanthropos and hate mankind.
For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dog,
That I might love thee something.”

-Act IV, Scene 3.