- "i hold the world but as the world, gratiano—a stage where every man must play a part, and mine a sad one." "let me play the fool."
- iets wat nestor nog grappig zou vinden + gratiano's don't worry :( be happy :) speech
- fare ye well awhile: i’ll end my exhortation after dinner.
- bassanio (to salarino and solanio): good signors both, when shall we laugh? say, when? you grow exceeding strange. must it be so? / salarino: we’ll make our leisures to attend on yours.
- "my purse, my person, my extremest means lie all unlocked to your occasions." prompted me to write comic about bassanio's gay angst
- "i pray thee, overname them. and as thou namest them, i will describe them. and according to my description, level at my affection."
- the devil can cite scripture for his purpose. (b.)
- why, look you how you storm!
- if he will take it, so. if not, adieu. and for my love i pray you wrong me not.
- but, alas the while! if hercules and lychas play at dice which is the better man, the greater throw may turn by fortune from the weaker hand. so is alcides beaten by his page, and so may i, blind fortune leading me, miss that which one unworthier may attain and die with grieving.
- i’ll rather dwell in my necessity.
- well, my conscience, hanging about the neck of my heart
- all things that are, are with more spirit chasèd than enjoyed. but love is blind, and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit, for if they could cupid himself would blush to see me thus transformèd to a boy.
feb 15 2017 ∞
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