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

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The best-condition'd and unwearied spirit

In doing courtesies.

The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Thus when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother.[64:2]

The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 5.

Let it serve for table-talk.

The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 5.

A harmless necessary cat.

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

What! wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?