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

832 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:832
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Let still the woman take
An elder than herself: so wears she to him,
So sways she level in her husband’s heart:
For, boy, however we do praise ourselves,
Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm,
More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn,
Than women’s are.
ATTRIBUTION:Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 4.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.