John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1841 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1841 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| QUOTATION: | I have done the state some service, and they know ’t. No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice. Then, must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplex’d in the extreme; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Othello. Act v. Sc. 2. [text] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |