William Shakespeare 1564-1616 Timon of Athens John Bartlett 1919 Familiar Quotations


1
But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, Leaving no tract behind.
Timon of Athens. Act i. Sc. 1.
2
Here ’s that which is too weak to be a sinner,—honest water, which ne’er left man i’ the mire.
Timon of Athens. Act i. Sc. 2.
3
Immortal gods, I crave no pelf; I pray for no man but myself; Grant I may never prove so fond, To trust man on his oath or bond.
Timon of Athens. Act i. Sc. 2.
4
Men shut their doors against a setting sun.
Timon of Athens. Act i. Sc. 2.
5
Every room Hath blazed with lights and bray’d with minstrelsy.
Timon of Athens. Act ii. Sc. 2.
6
’T is lack of kindly warmth.
Timon of Athens. Act ii. Sc. 2.
7
Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.
Timon of Athens. Act iii. Sc. 1.
8
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Timon of Athens. Act iii. Sc. 5.
9
We have seen better days.
Timon of Athens. Act iv. Sc. 2.
10
Are not within the leaf of pity writ.
Timon of Athens. Act iv. Sc. 3.



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I ’ll example you with thievery: The sun ’s a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea; the moon ’s an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun; The sea ’s a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears; the earth ’s a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement: each thing ’s a thief.
Timon of Athens. Act iv. Sc. 3.
12
Life’s uncertain voyage.
Timon of Athens. Act v. Sc. 1.