| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 51396 |
| QUOTATION: | It is not night when I do see your face,
Therefore I think I am not in the night;
Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company,
For you, in my respect, are all the world. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Helena, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 2, sc. 1, l. 221-4.
Helena’s infatuation with Demetrius; “in my respect” means esteem. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Shakespeare Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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