Venice Quotes - Page 2

• The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.

  William Shakespeare

  Music, Sweet, Men

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 5, sc. 1, l. 79

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• I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Play, World

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 77

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• I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?

  William Shakespeare

  Passion, Eye, Hands

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 1, l. 63

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• Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

  Truman Capote

  Travel, Food, Italian

  In Observer 26 Nov. 1961

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• They are sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Funny Inspirational, Loss, Sick

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 2, l. [5]

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• Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.

  Henry James

  Travel, Tourism, Visitors

  Henry James (1995). “Italian Hours”, p.43, Penguin

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• It is a wise father that knows his own child.

  William Shakespeare

  Family, Wise, Meaningful

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 2, sc. 2, l. [83]

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• The villany you teach me I shall execute; and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.

  William Shakespeare

  Shylock, Instruction, Go Hard

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 1, l. [76]

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• The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

  William Shakespeare

  Witty, Atheist, Memorable

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 3, l. [99]

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• Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? ...If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example?

  William Shakespeare

  Christian, Revenge, Humility

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• love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Blind, Love You

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 2, sc. 6, l. 36

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• All that glisters is not gold.

  Common

  Inspirational, Gold, Appearance

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• Though justice be thy plea consider this, that in the course of justice none of us should see salvation.

  William Shakespeare

  Mercy Of God, Justice, Shylock

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. [182]

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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, Wheat

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

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• I am a Jew: Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with die same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?

  William Shakespeare

  Summer, Christian, Hurt

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 1, l. 63

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• I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano!

  William Shakespeare

  Philosophical, World, Shylock

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 77

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• Kristina has been to the Maldives but never to Venice, and I have been to Venice but never to the Maldives.

  Roger Moore

  Maldives, Has Beens

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• It is always assumed that Venice is the ideal place for a honeymoon. This is a grave error. To live in Venice or even to visit it means that you fall in love with the city itself. There is nothing left over in your heart for anyone else.

  Peggy Guggenheim

  Falling In Love, Heart, Mean

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• If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn your head without seeing something amazing.

  Nile Rodgers

  Cities, Turns, If I Could

  "On my radar: Nile Rodgers". Interview with Ellie Bothwell, www.theguardian.com. July 6, 2013.

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• It's so easy for me to get caught up in the feeling of a city like Venice, where everything is just beautiful color and gorgeous buildings that are so peaceful. You can roam around and get lost in the labyrinth.

  Nanette Lepore

  Beautiful, Color, Cities

  "Designer Nanette Lepore Talks Travel, Flea Markets & Her Favorite eBay Find". Interview with Heather Summerville, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 4, 2010.

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• Nothing ever seems straightforward in Venice, least of all its romances.

  Roger Ebert

  Romance, Straightforward, Seems

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• Affection, mistress of passion, sways it to the mood of what it likes or loathes.

  William Shakespeare

  Passion, Mistress, Likes

  William Shakespeare (1842). “The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere”, p.323

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• You take my life when you do take the means whereby I live

  William Shakespeare

  Mean, Power, Unemployment

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. [375]

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• I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand.

  Lord Byron

  Hands, Bridges, Palaces

  Childe Harold's Pilgrimage canto 4, st. 1 (1818)

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• I am never merry when I hear sweet music.

  William Shakespeare

  Music, Sweet, Shylock

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 5, sc. 1, l. 69

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