John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
William Shakespeare 1564-1616 Titus Andronius John Bartlett 1919 Familiar Quotations
| 1 |
| Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge. |
| Titus Andronicus. Act i. Sc. 2. |
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| She is a woman, therefore may be woo’d; She is a woman, therefore may be won; She is Lavinia, therefore must be loved. What, man! more water glideth by the mill Than wots the miller of; 1 and easy it is Of a cut loaf to steal a shive. |
| Titus Andronicus. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| 3 |
| The eagle suffers little birds to sing. |
| Titus Andronicus. Act iv. Sc. 4. |
| Note 1. See Heywood, Quotation 113. [back] |