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

471 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:471
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:The weariest and most loathed worldly life
That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment
Can lay on nature, is a paradise
To what we fear of death.
ATTRIBUTION:Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.