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

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William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued)
 
776
    An ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own.
          As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.
777
    Rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster.
          As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.
778
    The Retort Courteous;… the Quip Modest;… the Reply Churlish;… the Reproof Valiant;… the Countercheck Quarrelsome;… the Lie with Circumstance;… the Lie Direct.
          As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.
779
    Your If is the only peacemaker; much virtue in If.
          As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.
780
    Good wine needs no bush. 1
          As You Like It. Epilogue.
781
    What a case am I in.
          As You Like It. Epilogue.
782
    Look in the chronicles; we came in with Richard Conqueror.
          The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1.
783
    Let the world slide. 2
          The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1.
784
    I ’ll not budge an inch.
          The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1.
785
    As Stephen Sly and old John Naps of Greece,
And Peter Turph and Henry Pimpernell,
And twenty more such names and men as these
Which never were, nor no man ever saw.
          The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 2.
786
    No profit grows where is no pleasure ta’en;
In brief, sir, study what you most affect.
          The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 1.
787
    There ’s small choice in rotten apples.
          The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 1.
788
    Nothing comes amiss; so money comes withal.
          The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 2.
789
    Tush! tush! fear boys with bugs.
          The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 2.
790
    And do as adversaries do in law,—
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
          The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 2.
791
    Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure. 3
          The Taming of the Shrew. Act iii. Sc. 2.
 
Note 1.
You need not hang up the ivy branch over the wine that will sell.—Publius Syrus: Maxim 968. [back]
Note 2.
See Heywood, Quotation 2. Beaumont and Fletcher: Wit without Money. [back]
Note 3.
Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.—William Congreve: The Old Bachelor, act v. sc. 1. [back]