John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1512 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1512 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| QUOTATION: | The chariest maid is prodigal enough, If she unmask her beauty to the moon: Virtue itself ’scapes not calumnious strokes: The canker galls the infants of the spring Too oft before their buttons be disclosed, And in the morn and liquid dew of youth Contagious blastments are most imminent. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 3. [text] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |