| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 51313 |
| QUOTATION: | There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ‘tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come—the readiness is all. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Hamlet, in Hamlet, act 5, sc. 2, l. 219-22. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Shakespeare Collection. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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