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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. |
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|"Hoffman opts for mild-mannered Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice' on Broadway", Associated Press, December 22, 1989}} |
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{{quote|My meaning in saying he is a good man, is, to have you understand me that he is sufficient. |
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|'''Shylock'''}} |
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{{quote|Ships are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves. |
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* My meaning in saying he is a good man, is, to have you understand me that he is sufficient. |
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|'''Shylock'''}} |
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{{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. |
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|'''Shylock'''}} |
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{{quote|If I can catch him once upon the hip, |
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* Ships are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves. |
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I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. |
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** '''Shylock,''' scene iii |
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He hates our sacred nation; and he rails, |
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Even there where merchants most do congregate, |
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On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift, |
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Which he calls interest. |
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|'''Shylock'''}} |
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{{quote|The devil can cite scripture for his purpose. |
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An evil soul producing holy witness, |
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Is like a villain with a smiling cheek; |
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A goodly apple rotten at the heart: |
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O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! |
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|'''Antonio'''}} |
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{{quote|Signior Antonio, many a time and oft |
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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. |
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In the Rialto you have rated me |
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** '''Shylock,''' scene iii |
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About my moneys, and my usances: |
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Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, |
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For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. |
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You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, |
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And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, |
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And all for use of that which is mine own. |
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Well then, it now appears you need my help: |
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Go to then: you come to me, and you say, |
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''Shylock, we would have monies;'' You say so; |
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You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, |
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And foot me, as you would spurn a stranger cur |
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Over your threshold; monies is your suit. |
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What should I say to you? Should I not say, |
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''Hath a dog money? is it possible |
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A cur can lend three thousand ducats?'' or |
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Shall I bend low, and in a bondman’s key, |
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With bated breath and whispering humbleness, |
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Say this, — |
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''Fair sir, you spet on me Wednesday last; |
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You spurn'd me such a day; another time |
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You call'd me — dog; and for these courtesies |
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I'll lend you thus much monies?'' |
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|'''Shylock'''}} |
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{{quote|For when did friendship take |
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A breed for barren metal of his friend? |
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|'''Antonio'''}} |
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{{quote|O father Abram! what these Christians are, |
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* 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. |
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Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect |
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** '''Shylock,''' scene iii |
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The thoughts of others! |
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|'''Shylock'''}} |
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{{quote|I like not fair terms and a villain's mind. |
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|'''Bassanio'''}} |
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* '''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! |
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** '''Antonio,''' scene iii |
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* 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?'' |
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** '''Shylock,''' scene iii |
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* For when did friendship take<br>A breed for barren metal of his friend? |
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** '''Antonio,''' scene iii |
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* O father Abram! what these Christians are,<br>Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect<br>The thoughts of others! |
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** '''Shylock,''' scene iii |
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* I like not fair terms and a villain's mind. |
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** '''Bassanio,''' scene iii |
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=== Act II === |
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{{quote|I know the hand: in faith, 'tis a fair hand; |
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And whiter than the paper it writ on |
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Is the fair hand that writ. |
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** '''Lorenzo,''' scene iv |
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|'''Lorenzo'''}} |
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==== Scene v ==== |
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{{quote|The vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife. |
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|'''Shylock'''}} |
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{{quote|There will come a Christian by, |
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* The vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife. |
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Shall be worth a Jewess' eye. |
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** '''Shylock,''' scene v |
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|'''Launcelot Gobbo'''}} |
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{{quote|Fast bind, fast find. |
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|'''Shylock'''}} |
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*There will come a Christian by,/Shall be worth a Jewess' eye. |
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** '''Launcelot Gobbo,''' scene v |
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*Fast bind, fast find. |
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** '''Shylock,''' scene v |
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==== Scene vi ==== |
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{{quote|All things that are, |
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Are with more spirit chased than enjoy’d. |
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How like a younker, or a prodigal, |
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The scarfed bark puts from her native bay, |
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Hugg’d and embraced by the strumpet wind! |
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How like the prodigal doth she return, |
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With over-weather’d ribs and ragged sails, |
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Lean, rent, and beggar’d by the strumpet wind! |
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|'''Gratiano'''}} |
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{{quote|But love is blind, and lovers cannot see |
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* 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! |
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The pretty follies that themselves commit. |
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** '''Gratiano,''' scene vi |
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|'''Jessica'''}} |
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{{quote|Must I hold a candle to my shames? |
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|'''Jessica'''}} |
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{{quote|For she is wise, if I can judge of her, |
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* But love is blind, and lovers cannot see<br>The pretty follies that themselves commit. |
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And fair she is, if that mine eyes be true, |
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** '''Jessica,''' scene vi |
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And true she is, as she hath proved herself, |
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And therefore, like herself, wise, fair and true, |
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Shall she be placed in my constant soul. |
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* Must I hold a candle to my shames? |
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|'''Lorenzo'''}} |
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* 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. |
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** '''Lorenzo,''' scene vi |
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{{quote|'''Salerino:''' I saw Bassanio and Antonio part: |
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Bassanio told him he would make some speed |
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Of his return: he answer'd, 'Do not so; |
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Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio |
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But stay the very riping of the time; |
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And for the Jew's bond which he hath of me, |
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Let it not enter in your mind of love: |
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Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts |
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To courtship and such fair ostents of love |
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As shall conveniently become you there:' |
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And even there, his eye being big with tears, |
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Turning his face, he put his hand behind him, |
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And with affection wondrous sensible |
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He wrung Bassanio's hand; and so they parted. |
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'''Solanio:''' I think he only loves the world for him.}} |
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* '''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. |
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{{quote|Even in the force and road of casualty. |
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|'''Prince of Arragon'''}} |
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{{quote|''The fire seven times tried this; |
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* Even in the force and road of casualty. |
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Seven times tried that judgment is, |
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** '''Prince of Arragon,''' scene ix |
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That did never choose miss. |
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Some there be that shadow's kiss, |
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And have but a shadow's bliss. |
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There be fools alive, iwis, |
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Silver'd o'er, and so was this. |
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Take what wife you will to bed, |
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I will ever be your head: |
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So be gone; you are sped.'' |
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|'''Prince of Arragon''', reading Portia's note}} |
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{{quote|Hanging and wiving goes by destiny. |
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|'''Nerissa'''}} |
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* ''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.'' |
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** '''Prince of Arragon,''' reading Portia's note, scene ix |
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* Hanging and wiving goes by destiny. |
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** '''Nerissa,''' scene ix |
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===Act IV=== |
===Act IV=== |
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==== Scene i ==== |
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{{quote|A harmless necessary cat. |
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|'''Shylock'''}} |
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{{quote|[[Once Bitten, Twice Shy|What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?]] |
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|'''Shylock'''}} |
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{{quote|If you deny me, fie upon your law! |
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* What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice? |
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There is no power in the decrees of Venice. |
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** '''Shylock,''' scene i |
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I stand for judgement: answer — shall I have it? |
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|'''Shylock'''}} |
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{{quote|I am a tainted wether of the flock, |
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Meetest for death; the weakest kind of fruit |
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Drops earliest to the ground. |
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|'''Antonio'''}} |
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{{quote|I never knew so young a body with so old a head. |
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* 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? |
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|'''Clerk'''}} |
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{{quote|The quality of mercy is not strain'd, |
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It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven |
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Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless’d; |
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It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. |
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’Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes |
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The throned monarch better than his crown; |
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His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, |
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The attribute to awe and majesty, |
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Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; |
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But mercy is above this sceptred sway, |
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It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, |
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It is an attribute to God himself; |
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And earthly power doth then show likest God’s, |
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When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, |
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Though justice be thy plea, consider this, |
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That in the course of justice none of us |
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Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; |
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And that same prayer, doth teach us all to render |
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The deeds of mercy. |
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|'''Portia'''}} |
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{{quote|A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! |
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* I am a tainted wether of the flock,<br>Meetest for death; the weakest kind of fruit<br>Drops earliest to the ground. |
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|'''Shylock'''}} |
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{{quote|'''Shylock:''' Is it so nominated in the bond? |
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'''Portia:''' It is not so express'd, but what of that? 'Twere good you do so much for charity. |
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'''Shylock:''' I cannot find it: 'tis not in the bond.}} |
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{{quote|Commend me to your honorable wife. |
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* I never knew so young a body with so old a head. |
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Tell her the process of Antonio's end; |
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** '''Clerk,''' scene i |
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Say how I loved you, speak me fair in death. |
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And when the tale is told, bid her be judge |
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Whether Bassanio had not once a love. |
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|'''Antonio'''}} |
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{{quote|This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood; |
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[[Exact Words|The words expressly are]], ''a pound of flesh.'' |
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Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh; |
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But, in the cutting it, if thou dost shed |
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One drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods |
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Are by the laws of Venice confiscate |
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Unto the state of Venice. |
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|'''Portia'''}} |
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{{quote|An upright judge, a learned judge! |
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* '''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. |
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|'''Gratiano'''}} |
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{{quote|A second Daniel, a Daniel, Jew! |
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Now, infidel, I have you on the hip. |
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|'''Gratiano'''}} |
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{{quote|A Daniel, still say I; a second Daniel! — |
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[[Ironic Echo|I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.]] |
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** '''Shylock,''' scene i |
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|'''Gratiano'''}} |
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{{quote|Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that; |
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You take my house, when you do take the prop |
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That doth sustain my house; you take my life, |
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When you do take the means whereby I live. |
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|'''Shylock'''}} |
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{{quote|He is well paid that is well satisfied. |
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* '''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. |
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|'''Portia'''}} |
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** Scene i |
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* 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. |
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** '''Antonio,''' scene i |
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* 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. |
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** '''Portia,''' scene i |
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* An upright judge, a learned judge! |
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** '''Gratiano,''' scene i |
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* A second Daniel, a Daniel, Jew!<br>Now, infidel, I have you on the hip. |
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** '''Gratiano,''' scene i |
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* A Daniel, still say I; a second Daniel! —<br>I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word. |
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** '''Gratiano,''' scene i |
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* 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. |
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** '''Shylock,''' scene i |
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* He is well paid that is well satisfied. |
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** '''Portia,''' scene i |
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===Act V=== |
===Act V=== |
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Quotes about the play
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
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Quotes from the play
Act I
Scene i
In sooth, I know not why I am so sad. —Antonio
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My ventures are not in one bottom trusted, —Antonio
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Now, by two-headed Janus, —Salarino
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Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable. —Salarino
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You have too much respect upon the world: —Gratiano
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Antonio: I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; |
Why should a man whose blood is warm within, —Gratiano
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There are a sort of men, whose visages —Gratiano
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I do know of these, —Gratiano
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Fish not with this melancholy bait, —Gratiano
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Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them; and when you have them, they are not worth the search. —Bassanio
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In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft, —Bassanio
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In Belmont is a lady richly left; —Bassanio
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Her sunny locks —Bassanio
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Scene ii
They are as sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing. It is no mean happiness, therefore, to be seated in the mean; superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. —Nerissa
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If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men’s cottages princes’ palaces. —Portia
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The brain may devise laws for the blood; but a hot temper leaps o’er a cold decree. —Portia
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He doth nothing but talk of his horse. —Portia
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God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man. —Portia
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When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast. —Portia
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I dote on his very absence. —Portia
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Scene iii
My meaning in saying he is a good man, is, to have you understand me that he is sufficient. —Shylock
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Ships are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves. —Shylock
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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. —Shylock
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If I can catch him once upon the hip, —Shylock
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The devil can cite scripture for his purpose. —Antonio
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Signior Antonio, many a time and oft —Shylock
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For when did friendship take —Antonio
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O father Abram! what these Christians are, —Shylock
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I like not fair terms and a villain's mind. —Bassanio
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Act II
Scene i
Mislike me not for my complexion, —Prince of Morocco
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Scene ii
An honest exceeding poor man. —Old Gobbo
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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
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The very staff of my age, my very prop. —Old Gobbo
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It is a wise father that knows his own child. —Launcelot Gobbo
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Truth will come to light; murder cannot be hid long; a man's son may; but, in the end, truth will out. —Launcelot Gobbo
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In the twinkling of an eye. —Launcelot Gobbo
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But hear thee, Gratiano; —Bassiano
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Scene iv
I know the hand: in faith, 'tis a fair hand; —Lorenzo
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Scene v
The vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife. —Shylock
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There will come a Christian by, —Launcelot Gobbo
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Fast bind, fast find. —Shylock
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Scene vi
All things that are, —Gratiano
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But love is blind, and lovers cannot see —Jessica
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Must I hold a candle to my shames? —Jessica
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For she is wise, if I can judge of her, —Lorenzo
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Scene vii
All that glisters is not gold, —Prince of Morocco, reading Portia's note
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Scene viii
Salerino: I saw Bassanio and Antonio part: |
Scene ix
Even in the force and road of casualty. —Prince of Arragon
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The fire seven times tried this; —Prince of Arragon, reading Portia's note
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Hanging and wiving goes by destiny. —Nerissa
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Act IV
Scene i
A harmless necessary cat. —Shylock
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If you deny me, fie upon your law! —Shylock
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I am a tainted wether of the flock, —Antonio
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I never knew so young a body with so old a head. —Clerk
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The quality of mercy is not strain'd, —Portia
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A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! —Shylock
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Shylock: Is it so nominated in the bond? |
Commend me to your honorable wife. —Antonio
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This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood; —Portia
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An upright judge, a learned judge! —Gratiano
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A second Daniel, a Daniel, Jew! —Gratiano
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A Daniel, still say I; a second Daniel! — —Gratiano
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Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that; —Shylock
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He is well paid that is well satisfied. —Portia
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Act V
Scene i
How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! —Lorenzo
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I am never merry when I hear sweet music. —Jessica
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The man that hath no music in himself, —Lorenzo
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How far that little candle throws his beams! —Portia
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How many things by season season’d are —Portia
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This night, methinks, is but the daylight sick. —Portia
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These blessed candles of the night. —Bassanio
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Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way —Lorenzo
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We will answer all things faithfully. —Portia
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