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== Quotes about the play ==
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{{quote|''The Merchant of Venice'' makes a lot of modern audiences uncomfortable with its episodes of virulent prejudice, alternating with a love story that seems almost like a fairy tale.
|"Hoffman opts for mild-mannered Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice' on Broadway", Associated Press, December 22, 1989}}
 
== Quotes from the play ==
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==== Scene iii ====
{{quote|My meaning in saying he is a good man, is, to have you understand me that he is sufficient.
|'''Shylock'''}}
 
{{quote|Ships are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves.
* My meaning in saying he is a good man, is, to have you understand me that he is sufficient.
** |'''Shylock,''' scene iii }}
 
{{quote|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.
|'''Shylock'''}}
 
{{quote|If I can catch him once upon the hip,
* Ships are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves.
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
** '''Shylock,''' scene iii
He hates our sacred nation; and he rails,
Even there where merchants most do congregate,
On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift,
Which he calls interest.
|'''Shylock'''}}
 
{{quote|The devil can cite scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul producing holy witness,
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek;
A goodly apple rotten at the heart:
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
|'''Antonio'''}}
 
{{quote|Signior Antonio, many a time and oft
* 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.
In the Rialto you have rated me
** '''Shylock,''' scene iii
About my moneys, and my usances:
Still have I borne it with a patient shrug,
For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog,
And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine,
And all for use of that which is mine own.
Well then, it now appears you need my help:
Go to then: you come to me, and you say,
''Shylock, we would have monies;'' You say so;
You, that did void your rheum upon my beard,
And foot me, as you would spurn a stranger cur
Over your threshold; monies is your suit.
What should I say to you? Should I not say,
''Hath a dog money? is it possible
A cur can lend three thousand ducats?'' or
Shall I bend low, and in a bondman’s key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness,
Say this, —
''Fair sir, you spet on me Wednesday last;
You spurn'd me such a day; another time
You call'd me — dog; and for these courtesies
I'll lend you thus much monies?''
|'''Shylock'''}}
 
{{quote|For when did friendship take
A breed for barren metal of his friend?
|'''Antonio'''}}
 
{{quote|O father Abram! what these Christians are,
* If I can catch him once upon the hip,<br>I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.<br>He hates our sacred nation; and he rails,<br>Even there where merchants most do congregate,<br>On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift,<br>Which he calls interest.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
** '''Shylock,''' scene iii
The thoughts of others!
|'''Shylock'''}}
 
{{quote|I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.
 
|'''Bassanio'''}}
* '''The devil can cite scripture for his purpose.'''<br>An evil soul producing holy witness,<br>Is like a villain with a smiling cheek;<br>A goodly apple rotten at the heart:<br>O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
** '''Antonio,''' scene iii
 
 
* Signior Antonio, many a time and oft<br>In the Rialto you have rated me<br>About my moneys, and my usances:<br>Still have I borne it with a patient shrug,<br>For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.<br>You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog,<br>And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine,<br>And all for use of that which is mine own.<br>Well then, it now appears you need my help:<br>Go to then: you come to me, and you say,<br>''Shylock, we would have monies;'' You say so;<br>You, that did void your rheum upon my beard,<br>And foot me, as you would spurn a stranger cur<br>Over your threshold; monies is your suit.<br>What should I say to you? Should I not say,<br>''Hath a dog money? is it possible<br>A cur can lend three thousand ducats?'' or<br>Shall I bend low, and in a bondman’s key,<br>With bated breath and whispering humbleness,<br>Say this, —<br>''Fair sir, you spet on me Wednesday last;<br>You spurn'd me such a day; another time<br>You call'd me — dog; and for these courtesies<br>I'll lend you thus much monies?''
** '''Shylock,''' scene iii
 
 
* For when did friendship take<br>A breed for barren metal of his friend?
** '''Antonio,''' scene iii
 
 
* O father Abram! what these Christians are,<br>Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect<br>The thoughts of others!
** '''Shylock,''' scene iii
 
 
* I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.
** '''Bassanio,''' scene iii
 
=== Act II ===
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==== Scene ii ====
{{quote|An honest exceeding poor man.
|'''Old Gobbo'''}}
 
{{quote|The young gentleman (according to Fates and Destinies and such odd sayings, [[The Hecate Sisters|the Sisters Three]], and such branches of learning) is, indeed, deceased; or, as you would say in plain terms, gone to heaven.
* An honest exceeding poor man.
** |'''OldLauncelot Gobbo,''' scene ii}}
 
{{quote|The very staff of my age, my very prop.
|'''Old Gobbo'''}}
 
{{quote|It is a wise father that knows his own child.
* The young gentleman (according to Fates and Destinies and such odd sayings, the Sisters Three, and such branches of learning) is, indeed, deceased; or, as you would say in plain terms, gone to heaven.
** |'''Launcelot Gobbo,''' scene ii }}
 
{{quote|Truth will come to light; murder cannot be hid long; a man's son may; but, in the end, truth will out.
|'''Launcelot Gobbo'''}}
 
{{quote|In the twinkling of an eye.
* The very staff of my age, my very prop.
** |'''OldLauncelot Gobbo,''' scene ii }}
 
{{quote|But hear thee, Gratiano;
 
Thou art too wild, too rude and bold of voice;
* It is a wise father that knows his own child.
Parts that become thee happily enough,
** '''Launcelot Gobbo,''' scene ii
And in such eyes as ours appear not faults;
 
But where thou art not known, why, there they show
 
Something too liberal. Pray thee, take pain
* Truth will come to light; murder cannot be hid long; a man's son may; but, in the end, truth will out.
To allay with some cold drops of modesty,
** '''Launcelot Gobbo,''' scene ii
Thy skipping spirit, lest through thy wild behavior,
 
I be misconstrued in the place I go to,
 
And lose my hopes.
* In the twinkling of an eye.
|'''Bassiano'''}}
** '''Launcelot Gobbo,''' scene ii
 
 
* But hear thee, Gratiano;<br> Thou art too wild, too rude and bold of voice;<br>Parts that become thee happily enough,<br>And in such eyes as ours appear not faults;<br>But where thou art not known, why, there they show<br>Something too liberal. Pray thee, take pain<br>To allay with some cold drops of modesty,<br>Thy skipping spirit, lest through thy wild behavior,<br>I be misconstrued in the place I go to,<br>And lose my hopes.
** '''Bassiano,''' scene ii
 
==== Scene iv ====
{{quote|I know the hand: in faith, 'tis a fair hand;
 
* I know the hand: in faith, 'tis a fair hand;<br>And whiter than the paper it writ on<br>Is the fair hand that writ.
Is the fair hand that writ.
** '''Lorenzo,''' scene iv
|'''Lorenzo'''}}
 
==== Scene v ====
{{quote|The vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife.
|'''Shylock'''}}
 
{{quote|There will come a Christian by,
* The vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife.
Shall be worth a Jewess' eye.
** '''Shylock,''' scene v
|'''Launcelot Gobbo'''}}
 
{{quote|Fast bind, fast find.
 
|'''Shylock'''}}
*There will come a Christian by,/Shall be worth a Jewess' eye.
** '''Launcelot Gobbo,''' scene v
 
 
*Fast bind, fast find.
** '''Shylock,''' scene v
 
==== Scene vi ====
{{quote|All things that are,
Are with more spirit chased than enjoy’d.
How like a younker, or a prodigal,
The scarfed bark puts from her native bay,
Hugg’d and embraced by the strumpet wind!
How like the prodigal doth she return,
With over-weather’d ribs and ragged sails,
Lean, rent, and beggar’d by the strumpet wind!
|'''Gratiano'''}}
 
{{quote|But love is blind, and lovers cannot see
* All things that are,<br>Are with more spirit chased than enjoy’d.<br>How like a younker, or a prodigal,<br>The scarfed bark puts from her native bay,<br>Hugg’d and embraced by the strumpet wind!<br>How like the prodigal doth she return,<br>With over-weather’d ribs and ragged sails,<br>Lean, rent, and beggar’d by the strumpet wind!
The pretty follies that themselves commit.
** '''Gratiano,''' scene vi
|'''Jessica'''}}
 
{{quote|Must I hold a candle to my shames?
|'''Jessica'''}}
 
{{quote|For she is wise, if I can judge of her,
* But love is blind, and lovers cannot see<br>The pretty follies that themselves commit.
And fair she is, if that mine eyes be true,
** '''Jessica,''' scene vi
And true she is, as she hath proved herself,
 
And therefore, like herself, wise, fair and true,
 
Shall she be placed in my constant soul.
* Must I hold a candle to my shames?
** |'''Jessica,Lorenzo''' scene vi }}
 
 
* For she is wise, if I can judge of her,<br>And fair she is, if that mine eyes be true,<br>And true she is, as she hath proved herself,<br>And therefore, like herself, wise, fair and true,<br>Shall she be placed in my constant soul.
** '''Lorenzo,''' scene vi
 
==== Scene vii ====
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==== Scene viii ====
{{quote|'''Salerino:''' I saw Bassanio and Antonio part:
Bassanio told him he would make some speed
Of his return: he answer'd, 'Do not so;
Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio
But stay the very riping of the time;
And for the Jew's bond which he hath of me,
Let it not enter in your mind of love:
Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts
To courtship and such fair ostents of love
As shall conveniently become you there:'
And even there, his eye being big with tears,
Turning his face, he put his hand behind him,
And with affection wondrous sensible
He wrung Bassanio's hand; and so they parted.
 
'''Solanio:''' I think he only loves the world for him.}}
* '''Salerino:''' I saw Bassanio and Antonio part:<br>Bassanio told him he would make some speed<br>Of his return: he answer'd, 'Do not so;<br>Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio<br>But stay the very riping of the time;<br>And for the Jew's bond which he hath of me,<br>Let it not enter in your mind of love:<br>Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts<br>To courtship and such fair ostents of love<br>As shall conveniently become you there:'<br>And even there, his eye being big with tears,<br>Turning his face, he put his hand behind him,<br>And with affection wondrous sensible<br>He wrung Bassanio's hand; and so they parted.<br><br>'''Solanio:''' I think he only loves the world for him.
**scene viii
 
==== Scene ix ====
{{quote|Even in the force and road of casualty.
|'''Prince of Arragon'''}}
 
{{quote|''The fire seven times tried this;
* Even in the force and road of casualty.
Seven times tried that judgment is,
** '''Prince of Arragon,''' scene ix
That did never choose miss.
Some there be that shadow's kiss,
And have but a shadow's bliss.
There be fools alive, iwis,
Silver'd o'er, and so was this.
Take what wife you will to bed,
I will ever be your head:
So be gone; you are sped.''
|'''Prince of Arragon''', reading Portia's note}}
 
{{quote|Hanging and wiving goes by destiny.
 
|'''Nerissa'''}}
* ''The fire seven times tried this;<br>Seven times tried that judgment is, <br>That did never choose miss.<br>Some there be that shadow's kiss,<br>And have but a shadow's bliss.<br>There be fools alive, iwis,<br>Silver'd o'er, and so was this.<br>Take what wife you will to bed, <br>I will ever be your head:<br>So be gone; you are sped.''
** '''Prince of Arragon,''' reading Portia's note, scene ix
 
 
* Hanging and wiving goes by destiny.
** '''Nerissa,''' scene ix
 
===Act IV===
==== Scene i ====
* {{quote|A harmless necessary cat.
** |'''Shylock,''' scene i}}
 
{{quote|[[Once Bitten, Twice Shy|What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?]]
|'''Shylock'''}}
 
{{quote|If you deny me, fie upon your law!
* What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
There is no power in the decrees of Venice.
** '''Shylock,''' scene i
I stand for judgement: answer — shall I have it?
|'''Shylock'''}}
 
{{quote|I am a tainted wether of the flock,
Meetest for death; the weakest kind of fruit
Drops earliest to the ground.
|'''Antonio'''}}
 
{{quote|I never knew so young a body with so old a head.
* If you deny me, fie upon your law!<br>There is no power in the decrees of Venice.<br>I stand for judgement: answer — shall I have it?
** |'''Shylock,Clerk''' scene i}}
 
{{quote|The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless’d;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
’Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway,
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God’s,
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
That in the course of justice none of us
Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;
And that same prayer, doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.
|'''Portia'''}}
 
{{quote|A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
* I am a tainted wether of the flock,<br>Meetest for death; the weakest kind of fruit<br>Drops earliest to the ground.
** |'''Antonio,Shylock''' scene i}}
 
{{quote|'''Shylock:''' Is it so nominated in the bond?
'''Portia:''' It is not so express'd, but what of that? 'Twere good you do so much for charity.
'''Shylock:''' I cannot find it: 'tis not in the bond.}}
 
{{quote|Commend me to your honorable wife.
* I never knew so young a body with so old a head.
Tell her the process of Antonio's end;
** '''Clerk,''' scene i
Say how I loved you, speak me fair in death.
And when the tale is told, bid her be judge
Whether Bassanio had not once a love.
|'''Antonio'''}}
 
{{quote|This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood;
[[Exact Words|The words expressly are]], ''a pound of flesh.''
Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh;
But, in the cutting it, if thou dost shed
One drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods
Are by the laws of Venice confiscate
Unto the state of Venice.
|'''Portia'''}}
 
{{quote|An upright judge, a learned judge!
* '''The quality of mercy is not strain'd,<br>It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven<br>Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless’d;<br>It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.'''<br>’Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes<br>The throned monarch better than his crown;<br>His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,<br>The attribute to awe and majesty,<br>Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;<br>But mercy is above this sceptred sway,<br>It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,<br>It is an attribute to God himself;<br>And earthly power doth then show likest God’s,<br>When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,<br>Though justice be thy plea, consider this,<br>That in the course of justice none of us<br>Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;<br>And that same prayer, doth teach us all to render<br>The deeds of mercy.
** |'''Portia,Gratiano''' scene i}}
 
{{quote|A second Daniel, a Daniel, Jew!
Now, infidel, I have you on the hip.
|'''Gratiano'''}}
 
* {{quote|A Daniel, comestill tosay judgment! yea,I; a second Daniel! —
[[Ironic Echo|I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.]]
** '''Shylock,''' scene i
|'''Gratiano'''}}
 
{{quote|Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that;
You take my house, when you do take the prop
That doth sustain my house; you take my life,
When you do take the means whereby I live.
|'''Shylock'''}}
 
{{quote|He is well paid that is well satisfied.
* '''Shylock:''' Is it so nominated in the bond?<br>'''Portia:''' It is not so express'd, but what of that? 'Twere good you do so much for charity.<br>'''Shylock:''' I cannot find it: 'tis not in the bond.
|'''Portia'''}}
** Scene i
 
 
* Commend me to your honorable wife.<br>Tell her the process of Antonio's end;<br>Say how I loved you, speak me fair in death.<br>And when the tale is told, bid her be judge<br>Whether Bassanio had not once a love.
** '''Antonio,''' scene i
 
 
* This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood;<br>[[Exact Words|The words expressly are]], ''a pound of flesh.''<br>'''Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh''';<br>'''But, in the cutting it, if''' '''thou dost shed'''<br>'''One drop of Christian blood''', thy lands and goods<br>Are by the laws of Venice confiscate<br>Unto the state of Venice.
** '''Portia,''' scene i
 
 
* An upright judge, a learned judge!
** '''Gratiano,''' scene i
 
 
* A second Daniel, a Daniel, Jew!<br>Now, infidel, I have you on the hip.
** '''Gratiano,''' scene i
 
 
* A Daniel, still say I; a second Daniel! —<br>I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
** '''Gratiano,''' scene i
 
 
* Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that;<br>You take my house, when you do take the prop<br>That doth sustain my house; you take my life,<br>When you do take the means whereby I live.
** '''Shylock,''' scene i
 
 
* He is well paid that is well satisfied.
** '''Portia,''' scene i
 
===Act V===
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