John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
681 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 681 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| QUOTATION: | Thus when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 5. [text] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |
| Note 1. Incidis in Scyllam cupiens vitare Charybdim (One falls into Scylla in seeking to avoid Charybdis).—Phillippe Gualtier: Alexandreis, book v. line 301. Circa 1300. [back] |