John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued) |
| 652 |
| O father Abram! what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect The thoughts of others! |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3. |
| 653 |
| Mislike me not for my complexion, The shadow’d livery of the burnish’d sun. |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| 654 |
| The young gentleman, according to Fates and Destinies and such odd sayings, the Sisters Three and such branches of learning, is indeed deceased; or, as you would say in plain terms, gone to heaven. |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 655 |
| The very staff of my age, my very prop. |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 656 |
| It is a wise father that knows his own child. |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 657 |
| An honest exceeding poor man. |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 658 |
| Truth will come to sight; murder cannot be hid long. |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 659 |
| In the twinkling of an eye. |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 660 |
| And the vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife. |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 5. |
| 661 |
| All things that are, Are with more spirit chased than enjoy’d. How like a younker or a prodigal The scarfed bark puts from her native bay, Hugg’d and embraced by the strumpet wind! How like the prodigal doth she return, With over-weather’d ribs and ragged sails, Lean, rent, and beggar’d by the strumpet wind! |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 6. |
| 662 |
| Must I hold a candle to my shames? |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 6. |
| 663 |
| But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit. |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 6. |
| 664 |
| All that glisters is not gold. 1 |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 7. |
| 665 |
| Young in limbs, in judgment old. |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 7. |
| 666 |
| Even in the force and road of casualty. |
| The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 9. |
| Note 1. See Chaucer, Quotation 40. [back] |