Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Benedick the married man.

Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1.

He is of a very melancholy disposition.

Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1.

He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man.

Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1.

As merry as the day is long.

Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1.

I have a good eye, uncle; I can see a church by daylight.

Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1.