John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1187 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1187 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| QUOTATION: | She is a woman, therefore may be woo’d; She is a woman, therefore may be won; She is Lavinia, therefore must be loved. What, man! more water glideth by the mill Than wots the miller of; 1 and easy it is Of a cut loaf to steal a shive. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Titus Andronicus. Act ii. Sc. 1. [text] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |
| Note 1. See Heywood, Quotation 113. [back] |