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

1698 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1698
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:There ’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ’t is not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. Since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is ’t to leave betimes?
ATTRIBUTION:Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.