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

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Hanging and wiving goes by destiny.[63:1]

The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 9.

If my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word.

The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1.

If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.

The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1.

I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?

The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1.

The villany you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard, but I will better the instruction.

The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1.