John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued) |
| 1782 |
| Egregiously an ass. |
| Othello. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| 1783 |
| I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking. |
| Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 1784 |
| Potations pottle-deep. |
| Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 1785 |
| King Stephen was a worthy peer, His breeches cost him but a crown; He held them sixpence all too dear,— With that he called the tailor lown. 1 |
| Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 1786 |
| Silence that dreadful bell: it frights the isle From her propriety. |
| Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 1787 |
| Your name is great In mouths of wisest censure. |
| Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 1788 |
| Thy honesty and love doth mince this matter. |
| Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 1789 |
| Cassio, I love thee; But never more be officer of mine. |
| Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 1790 |
| Iago. What, are you hurt, lieutenant? Cas. Ay, past all surgery. |
| Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 1791 |
| Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. |
| Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 1792 |
| O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil! |
| Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 1793 |
| O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! |
| Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 1794 |
| Cas. Every inordinate cup is unbless’d, and the ingredient is a devil. Iago. Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used. |
| Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 1795 |
| How poor are they that have not patience! |
| Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| Note 1. Though these lines are from an old ballad given in Perry’s Reliques, they are much altered by Shakespeare, and it is his version we sing in the nursery. [back] |