Romeo and Juliet Quotes

Who said it?

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet."

• Friar Laurence

• Juliet

• Romeo

• Benvolio

Who said this about whom?

"What dares the slave/Come hither, covered with an antic face,/To fleer and scorn at our solemnity?"

• Paris says it about Lord Capulet

• Mercutio says it about Tybalt

• Tybalt says it about Romeo

• Lord Capulet says it about Lord Montague

Who said this?

"If ever you disturb the quiet of our streets again/Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."

• Prince Escalus

• Paris

• Sampson

• Lady Capulet

Who said this to whom?

"Well, you have made a simple choice; you know not/

how to choose a man."

• Lady Capulet to Juliet

• Nurse to Juliet

• Friar Laurence to Juliet

• Lord Montague to Lady Montague

Who said this about whom?

"He jests at scars that never felt a wound."

• Tybalt about Romeo

• Benvolio about Romeo

• Mercutio about Tybalt

• Romeo about Mercutio

Who said this?

"Wise and slow. Thou stumblest who run fast."

• Paris

• Mercutio

• Tybalt

• Friar Laurence

Who said this?

"Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man."

• Benvolio

• Mercutio

• Tybalt

• Paris

What does it mean?

Romeo says, "Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love./Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!"

• He means he hates Rosaline now.

• He means he cannot love so he's going to hate everything.

• He means he doesn't understand the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues.

• He means he hates Benvolio

Who said it?

"For this alliance may so happy prove,/To turn your households’ rancor to pure love."

• Friar Laurence

• Paris

• Prince Escalus

• Lord Capulet

Who said it?

"But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart,/My will to her consent is but a part."

• Prince Escalus

• Lord Montague

• Lord Capulet

• Mercutio