The Merchant of Venice Quotes

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

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

topic:goodevil

“Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

topic:stupidity

“I never knew so young a body with so old a head.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

topic:youth

“The man that hath no music in himself,Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

topic:music

“Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

topic:woman

“O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

topic:honesty

“I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

topic:honestykindness

“I am not bound to please thee with my answer.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

topic:honesty

“I hold the world but as the world Gratiano,A stage, where every man must play a part,And mine a sad one”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

topic:sadness

“You have too much respect upon the world; They lose it that do buy it with much care.”

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

topic:carerespect