Merchant Of Venice Famous Quotes

• All that glisters is not gold.

  Common

  Inspirational, Venice, Gold

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• The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

  William Shakespeare

  Witty, Atheist, Memorable

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 3, l. [99]

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• But love is blind and lovers cannot see

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Venice, Blind

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 2, sc. 6, l. 36

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• All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold: Gilded tombs do worms enfold.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Men

  William Shakespeare (2010). “The Merchant of Venice”, p.52, Palgrave Macmillan

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• But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Science, Light

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 1

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• I am a Jew: Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with die same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?

  William Shakespeare

  Summer, Christian, Hurt

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 1, l. 63

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• They are sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Funny Inspirational, Loss, Venice

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 2, l. [5]

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• Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? ...If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example?

  William Shakespeare

  Christian, Revenge, Humility

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• The quality of mercy is not strained

  William Shakespeare

  Mercy Of God, Gentle Rain, Venice

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. [182]

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• The man that hath no music in himself

  William Shakespeare

  Music, Philosophical, Men

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 5, sc. 1, l. 79

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• What light through yonder window breaks?

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Romantic, Light

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 1

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• Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Prayer, Mercy Of God, Venice

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• If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?

  William Shakespeare

  Revenge, Venice, Laughing

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 1, l. 63

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• Do all men kill the things they do not love ............ The quality of mercy is not strain'd It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest It blesseth him that gives and him that takes

  William Shakespeare

  Rain, Men, Venice

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• Though justice be thy plea consider this, that in the course of justice none of us should see salvation.

  William Shakespeare

  Mercy Of God, Venice, Justice

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. [182]

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• The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.

  William Shakespeare

  Music, Sweet, Men

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 5, sc. 1, l. 79

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• I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Play, Venice

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 77

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• I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.

  William Shakespeare

  Venice, Mind, Villain

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 3, l. [179]

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• I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano!

  William Shakespeare

  Philosophical, Venice, World

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 77

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• The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Rain, Heart

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. [182]

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• We do pray for mercy, and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy.

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Venice, Mercy Of God

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. [182]

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• It is a wise father that knows his own child.

  William Shakespeare

  Family, Wise, Meaningful

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 2, sc. 2, l. [83]

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• I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?

  William Shakespeare

  Passion, Eye, Hands

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 1, l. 63

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• Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Hair, White

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 2, l. [5]

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• All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Venice, Gold

  William Shakespeare (1805). “The Comedy of the Merchant of Venice ...”, p.57

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