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

1187 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1187
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:She is a woman, therefore may be woo’d;
She is a woman, therefore may be won;
She is Lavinia, therefore must be loved.
What, man! more water glideth by the mill
Than wots the miller of; 1 and easy it is
Of a cut loaf to steal a shive.
ATTRIBUTION:Titus Andronicus. Act ii. Sc. 1.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.
 
Note 1.
See Heywood, Quotation 113. [back]