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

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William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued)
 
1754
    The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
          King Lear. Act v. Sc. 3.
1755
    Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low,—an excellent thing in woman.
          King Lear. Act v. Sc. 3.
1756
    Vex not his ghost: O, let him pass! he hates him much
That would upon the rack of this tough world
Stretch him out longer.
          King Lear. Act v. Sc. 3.
1757
    That never set a squadron in the field,
Nor the division of a battle knows.
          Othello. Act i. Sc. 1.
1758
    The bookish theoric.
          Othello. Act i. Sc. 1.
1759
    ’T is the curse of service,
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to the first.
          Othello. Act i. Sc. 1.
1760
    We cannot all be masters, nor all masters
Cannot be truly follow’d.
          Othello. Act i. Sc. 1.
1761
    Whip me such honest knaves.
          Othello. Act i. Sc. 1.
1762
    I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at.
          Othello. Act i. Sc. 1.
1763
    You are one of those that will not serve God, if the devil bid you.
          Othello. Act i. Sc. 1.
1764
    The wealthy curled darlings of our nation.
          Othello. Act i. Sc. 2.
1765
    Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors,
My very noble and approv’d good masters,
That I have ta’en away this old man’s daughter,
It is most true; true, I have married her:
The very head and front of my offending
Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, 1
And little bless’d with the soft phrase of peace:
For since these arms of mine had seven years’ pith,
Till now some nine moons wasted, they have used
 
Note 1.
Though I be rude in speech.—2 Cor. xi. 6. [back]