The Merchant of Venice Quotes

“With mirth and laughter let old wrinckles come,”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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“But love is blind and lovers cannot seeThe pretty follies that themselves commit;”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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“I am never merry when I hear sweet music.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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“God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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“I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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“I think the best grace of wit will shortly turn into silence, and discourse grow commendable in none only but parrots.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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“How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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“There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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