Shakespeare quote

I found this:

"To find where your true image pictur'd lies"

In his XXIV sonnet here. (Scroll down).

Could this be the one?

It could well be. I'm very grateful, thank you.

That link I gave had a facility to search all the sonnets by keyword, which might be useful for finding other quotes. Having said that, it doesn't have the plays.

This is probably not what you seek, but your question reminded me of
these lines of Falstaff in Henry IV, Part 1.

Falstaff has faked death to avoid being killed in battle. Prince Hal,
thinking Falstaff dead, compares him to a slain deer, saying he would see
Falstaff embowelled later. After he leaves...



One of my all-time favorite passages.

I like the one:
Out out , brief candle.
Life's but a walking shadow. A poor player.
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage.
Then is heard no more.
It's a tale , told by an idiot , full of sound and fury .
Signifying ....nothing.

A grim reflection, but so well expressed.

And how about ol' Lady Macbeth! Of course, she was more concerned about, "Out! Out! Damn spot!"

One of the best of Shakespearse's characters, IMO.

"Hie thee hither, that I may pour my spirits in thine ear -- and chastise with the valour of my tongue -- all that impedes thee from the golden round."

and:

"Who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him?"

5600hp - Ah MacBeth! I love that play.

Here's one I like: (actually it's a stage direction) [Exuent persued by a bear] - The Winter's Tale: One of the strangest and most out of place stage directions ever. Probably had to do with the practice of bear-baiting in Elizabethan times. There were some pretty famous bears they had to show off!

from much ado about nothing. Benedick: " I can find out no rhyme for 'lady' but 'baby'"

listen to pop music, it seems no one can

I had to say this at school, and now use it as an occasional party piece when drunk. It always raises a cheer.......

Henry V.

......."Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,
Whose limbs were made in England, show us here
The mettle of your pasture. Let us swear
That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not,
For there is none of you so mean and base
That hath not noble luster in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot.
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry "God for Harry, England, and Saint George!"


Hoorah!

I, too, used a Shakespeare quote at parties, Lord Ellpus. Mine was more succinct and came in quite handy on many occasions.

Let's say someone was getting a little unruly or perhaps just a bit of an annoyance.

I would look them in the eye and say, "The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon."

Then I would walk away, seeking better company.

Hoorah!

Out, out damed spot.

Oops I was talking to my dog.

Sglass

oh dear I meant to say "damned spot"

What, you egg! Young fry of treachery!

From Midsummer:

I am amaz'd, and know not what to say.


The line is a favorite of actors when they've forgotten a line in a Shakespeare play - or when another actor has skipped a whole page and thrown them off. It's not easy to ad-lib in iambic pentameter...

And harder yet to ad-lib in reply

You seem to be a whiz at it, Sir George.

You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things.

In days of yore, when I was teaching "Julius Caesar" to high school sophomores,
that was my favorite line.
We were less obsessed with building their self-image back then.