John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued) |
| 792 |
| And thereby hangs a tale. |
| The Taming of the Shrew. Act iv. Sc. 1. |
| 793 |
| My cake is dough. |
| The Taming of the Shrew. Act v. Sc. 1. |
| 794 |
| A woman moved is like a fountain troubled,— Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty. |
| The Taming of the Shrew. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 795 |
| Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband. |
| The Taming of the Shrew. Act v. Sc. 2. |
| 796 |
| ’T were all one That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it. |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 797 |
| The hind that would be mated by the lion Must die for love. |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 798 |
| Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven. |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 799 |
| Service is no heritage. |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 3. |
| 800 |
| He must needs go that the devil drives. 1 |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 3. |
| 801 |
| My friends were poor but honest. |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 3. |
| 802 |
| Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises. |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| 803 |
| I will show myself highly fed and lowly taught. |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 804 |
| From lowest place when virtuous things proceed, The place is dignified by the doer’s deed. |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 805 |
| They say miracles are past. |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 806 |
| All the learned and authentic fellows. |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 807 |
| A young man married is a man that ’s marr’d. |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 808 |
| Make the coming hour o’erflow with joy, And pleasure drown the brim. |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 809 |
| No legacy is so rich as honesty. |
| All ’s Well that Ends Well. Act iii. Sc. 5. |
| Note 1. See Heywood, Quotation 114. [back] |