Famous quotes containing the word wherefore:
“Peace to this meeting, wherefore we are met.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name,
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Men of England, wherefore plough
For the lords who lay ye low?”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)