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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1516 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1516
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in,
Bear ’t that the opposed may beware of thee.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not express’d in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
ATTRIBUTION:Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 3.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.