John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
William Shakespeare 1564-1616 All s Well that Ends Well John Bartlett 1919 Familiar Quotations
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| ’T were all one That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 1. | |
| 2 | |
| The hind that would be mated by the lion Must die for love. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 1. | |
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| Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 1. | |
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| Service is no heritage. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 3. | |
| 5 | |
| He must needs go that the devil drives. 1 | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 3. | |
| 6 | |
| My friends were poor but honest. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 3. | |
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| Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 1. | |
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| I will show myself highly fed and lowly taught. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 2. | |
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| From lowest place when virtuous things proceed, The place is dignified by the doer’s deed. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3. | |
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| They say miracles are past. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3. | |
| 11 | |
| All the learned and authentic fellows. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3. | |
| 12 | |
| A young man married is a man that ’s marr’d. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3. | |
| 13 | |
| Make the coming hour o’erflow with joy, And pleasure drown the brim. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 4. | |
| 14 | |
| No legacy is so rich as honesty. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act iii. Sc. 5. | |
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| The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act iv. Sc. 3. | |
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| Whose words all ears took captive. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3. | |
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| Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3. | |
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| The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time. 2 | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3. | |
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| All impediments in fancy’s course Are motives of more fancy. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3. | |
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| The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet. | |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3. |
| Note 1. See Heywood, Quotation 114. [back] |
| Note 2. How noiseless falls the foot of time!—W. R. Spencer: Lines to Lady A. Hamilton. [back] |