1187. William Shakespeare. 1564-1616. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	1187
AUTHOR:	William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:	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.
ATTRIBUTION:	Titus Andronicus. Act ii. Sc. 1. [text]
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS:	William Shakespeare Collection.

Note 1.
See Heywood, Quotation 113. [back]