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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1367 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1367
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Your face, my thane, is as a book where men
May read strange matters. To beguile the time,
Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye,
Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under ’t.
ATTRIBUTION:Macbeth. Act i. Sc. 5.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.