Merchant Of Venice Quotes - Page 4

• My meaning in saying he is a good man, is to have you understand me that he is sufficient.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Men, Good Man

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.24

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• Hanging and wiving goes by destiny.

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Destiny

  1596-7 Nerissa.TheMerchant ofVenice, act 2, sc.9, l.81-2.

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• Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Two, Venice

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 114

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• How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica: look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold; There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins. Such harmony is in immortal souls; But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Sleep, Angel

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 5, sc. 1, l. 54

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• All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoyed.

  William Shakespeare

  Spirit, Anticipation, All Things

  William Shakespeare (1805). “The Comedy of the Merchant of Venice ...”, p.92

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• There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspiration, Angel, Orbs

  1596-7 Lorenzo to Jessica.TheMerchant ofVenice, act 5, sc.1, l.58-61.

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• It is a good divine that follows his own instructions.

  William Shakespeare

  Following Instructions, Advice, Palaces

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 2, l. [13]

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• If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.

  William Shakespeare

  Revenge, Shylock, Bears

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 3, l. [42]

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• If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not
  As to thy friends; for when did friendship take
  A breed for barren metal of his friend?

  William Shakespeare

  Real, Shylock, Barren

  1596-7 Antonio to Shylock.TheMerchant ofVenice, act1, sc.3, l.130-3.

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• There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him, "What was that, George, what were you doing?" And he said, "They were sleeping." You're always trying to catch them.

  Al Pacino

  Summer, Sleep, Air

  Source: www.rawkblog.net

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• You travel the world, you go see different things. I like to see Shakespeare plays, so I'll go - I mean, even if it's in a different language. I don't care, I just like Shakespeare, you know. I've seen Othello and Hamlet and Merchant of Venice over the years, and some versions are better than others. Way better. It's like hearing a bad version of a song. But then somewhere else, somebody has a great version.

  Bob Dylan

  Song, Mean, Years

  "Bob Dylan: 'Passion is a young man's game, older people gotta be wise'". Interview with Robert Love, www.independent.co.uk. February 7, 2015.

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• There is a big difference between The Merchant of Venice and a photograph of two males of different races in an erotic pose on a marble table top.

  Jesse Helms

  Race, Two, Differences

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