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

577 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:577
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:From women’s eyes this doctrine I derive:
They sparkle still the right Promethean fire;
They are the books, the arts, the academes,
That show, contain, and nourish all the world.
ATTRIBUTION:Love’s Labour ’s Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.