Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Tag: Merchant of Venice

  • Rock

    Rock

    A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch
    uncapable of pity, void and empty
    From any dram of mercy.

    –Merchant of Venice,
    Act IV , Scene i

  • Blockhead

    Blockhead

    There’s no more conceit in him than is in a mallet.

    –Henry IV Part 2,
    Act II, Scene ii

  • Deal With It

    Deal With It

    I am not bound to please thee with my answers.

    –Merchant of Venice,
    Act IV, Scene i

  • Thrill of the Chase

    Thrill of the Chase

    O, ten times faster Venus’ pigeons fly
    To seal love’s bonds new-made, than they are wont
    To keep obliged faith unforfeited!
    That ever holds: who riseth from a feast
    With that keen appetite that he sits down?

    –Merchant of Venice,
    Act II, scene vi

  • Sycophant

    Sycophant

    How like a fawning publican he looks!

    –Merchant of Venice,
    Act I, Scene iii

  • Rambling Talker

    Rambling Talker

    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.

    –Merchant of Venice,
    Act I, Scene i

  • Personal Assistant

    Personal Assistant

    What’s here? The portrait of a blinking idiot
    Presenting me a schedule.

    –Merchant of Venice,
    Act II Scene ix