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

734 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:734
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:If ladies be but young and fair,
They have the gift to know it; and in his brain,
Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit
After a voyage, he hath strange places cramm’d
With observation, the which he vents
In mangled forms.
ATTRIBUTION:As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.