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

681 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:681
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Thus when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 5.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.
 
Note 1.
Incidis in Scyllam cupiens vitare Charybdim (One falls into Scylla in seeking to avoid Charybdis).—Phillippe Gualtier: Alexandreis, book v. line 301. Circa 1300. [back]