| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 51394 |
| QUOTATION: | Therefore is love said to be a child
Because in choice he is so oft beguiled. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Helena, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 1, sc. 1, l. 238-9.
“Child” means both Cupid, and lover who are so often deluded (”beguiled”) in the choice they make. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Shakespeare Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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