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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| Page 35 |
| Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke. (1554–1628) |
| 312 |
| O wearisome condition of humanity! |
| Mustapha. Act v. Sc. 4. |
| 313 |
| And out of mind as soon as out of sight. 1 |
| Sonnet lvi. |
| George Chapman. (1559?–1634) |
| 314 |
| None ever loved but at first sight they loved. 2 |
| The Blind Beggar of Alexandria. |
| 315 |
| An ill weed grows apace. 3 |
| An Humorous Day’s Mirth. |
| 316 |
| Black is a pearl in a woman’s eye. 4 |
| An Humorous Day’s Mirth. |
| 317 |
| Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer Than Nature made her; beauty cost her nothing, Her virtues were so rare. |
| All Fools. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 318 |
| I tell thee Love is Nature’s second sun, Causing a spring of virtues where he shines. |
| All Fools. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 319 |
| Cornelia. What flowers are these? Gazetta. The pansy this. Cor. Oh, that ’s for lovers’ thoughts. 5 |
| All Fools. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| 320 |
| Fortune, the great commandress of the world, Hath divers ways to advance her followers: To some she gives honour without deserving, To other some, deserving without honour. 6 |
| All Fools. Act v. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. See Thomas à Kempis, Quotation 2. [back] |
| Note 2. Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?—Christopher Marlowe: Hero and Leander. I saw and loved.—Edward Gibbon: Memoirs, vol. i. p. 106. [back] |
| Note 3. See Heywood, Quotation 57. [back] |
| Note 4. Black men are pearls in beauteous ladies’ eyes.—William Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona, act v. sc. 2. [back] |
| Note 5. There is pansies, that ’s for thoughts.—William Shakespeare: Hamlet, act iv. sc. 5. [back] |
| Note 6. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em.—William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, act ii. sc. 5. [back] |
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