DO YOU KNOW YOUR SHAKESPEARE ?

As one is still in Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare keeps popping up. Some years ago, journalist and writer Bernard Levin wrote a short paragraph on the notion of quoting Shakespeare. It is a corollary to Cole Porter’s Kiss me Kate and Brushing up Your Shakespeare:

So, in line with that, I post here Bernard Levin’s piece on Quoting Shakespeare:

 

"If you cannot understand my argument, and declare ``It's Greek to me'', you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you recall your salad days, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you act more in sorrow than in anger; if your wish is father to the thought; if your lost property has vanished into thin air, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you have ever refused to budge an inch or suffered from green-eyed jealousy, if you have played fast and loose, if you have been tongue-tied, a tower of strength, hoodwinked or in a pickle, if you have knitted your brows, made a virtue of necessity, insisted on fair play, slept not one wink, stood on ceremony, danced attendance (on your lord and master), laughed yourself into stitches, had short shrift, cold comfort or too much of a good thing, if you have seen better days or lived in a fool's paradise -why, be that as it may, the more fool you , for it is a foregone conclusion that you are (as good luck would have it) quoting Shakespeare; if you think it is early days and clear out bag and baggage, if you think it is high time and that that is the long and short of it, if you believe that the game is up and that truth will out even if it involves your own flesh and blood, if you lie low till the crack of doom because you suspect foul play, if you have your teeth set on edge (at one fell swoop) without rhyme or reason, then - to give the devil his due - if the truth were known (for surely you have a tongue in your head) you are quoting Shakespeare; even if you bid me good riddance and send me packing, if you wish I was dead as a door-nail, if you think I am an eyesore, a laughing stock, the devil incarnate, a stony-hearted villain, bloody-minded or a blinking idiot, then - by Jove! O Lord! Tut tut! For goodness' sake! What the dickens! But me no buts! - it is all one to me, for you are quoting Shakespeare."

 

All the quotes come from the works of William Shakespeare. Some were coined by him and others just part and parcel of the English language in and around the time of Shakespeare, of which he made good use and popularised.

 

My question to you all is, can you identify the phrases and who spoke the line. To be fair, some phrases appear in more than one work. Also, there is one phrase that does not appear in any work by Shakespeare.

 

Whosoever can provide me with the most complete and correct list of the above phrases contained in Mr Levin’s paragraph, by the 2^nd August 2023, will win a bottle of Champagne. I will post all the answers on that date.

 

I should warn you that my decision on what is or is not a correct answer will be final. For the nonce adieu and more of this anon.