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

531 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:531
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:For it so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack’d and lost,
Why, then we rack the value; then we find
The virtue that possession would not show us
Whiles it was ours.
ATTRIBUTION:Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 1.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.