“A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!” “This above all: to thine own self be true.” “If you prick
us, do we not bleed?” These lines have become a familiar part of our shared cultural vocabulary, but
can we name the Shakespearean plays in which they originated, or who said them and why? In this
collection of Knowledge Cards you will learn the origins of forty-eight familiar quotations from William
Shakespeare’s best-loved works, including (among others) comedies (such as Twelfth Night, Much
Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew), tragedies (King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth), and historical
plays (King John, King Richard III).

These 48 fact-filled Knowledge Cards are a great source of condensed information—all in a deck the
size of a pack of playing cards! Discover the heights of historic wit and wisdom in this stimulating
compilation. An inspiration to the writer, philosopher, dreamer, student, teacher, or language lover,
this deck is sure to spark the imagination, and may even inspire you to feats of personal creation.