John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued) |
| 937 |
| The blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare! |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3. |
| 938 |
| By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3. |
| 939 |
| I know a trick worth two of that. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| 940 |
| If the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love him, I ’ll be hanged. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 941 |
| It would be argument for a week, laughter for a month, and a good jest for ever. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 942 |
| Falstaff sweats to death, And lards the lean earth as he walks along. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 943 |
| Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 944 |
| Brain him with his lady’s fan. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 3. |
| 945 |
| A Corinthian, a lad of mettle, a good boy. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 946 |
| A plague of all cowards, I say. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 947 |
| There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 948 |
| Call you that backing of your friends? A plague upon such backing! |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 949 |
| I am a Jew else, an Ebrew Jew. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 950 |
| I have peppered two of them: two I am sure I have paid, two rogues in buckram suits. I tell thee what, Hal, if I tell thee a lie, spit in my face; call me horse. Thou knowest my old ward: here I lay, and thus I bore my point. Four rogues in buckram let drive at me— |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |
| 951 |
| Three misbegotten knaves in Kendal green. |
| King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. |