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

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Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 2.

Done to death by slanderous tongues.

Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 3.

Or, having sworn too hard a keeping oath,

Study to break it and not break my troth.

Love's Labour's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

Love's Labour's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1.

Small have continual plodders ever won

Save base authority from others' books.